by eedmudson | Jul 13, 2017 | Press Center
Governor Inslee just signed our state budget which ensures full funding for our contracts and our historic 27.5% wage increase to bring us up to community standards. We worked hard with the state to negotiate a contract that would put our patients and clients first,...
by eedmudson | Jun 23, 2017 | Press Center
State nurses at Western State Hospital, Eastern State Hospital, and DSHS facilities joined community members across Washington to call for a stop to a government shutdown. At rallies, marches, and press conferences, we brought our message to the community that it’s...
by juliep | May 8, 2017 | Press Center
More than 800 nursing assistants, radiology techs, dietary and housekeeping staff, certified surgical technologists, and more at Kadlec Regional Medical Center voted on April 19-20 to unite in SEIU Healthcare 1199NW, the statewide union of nearly 30,000 nurses and...
by juliep | May 7, 2017 | Press Center
Nurses and healthcare workers know that everyone needs affordable access to care, regardless of age, income, race, pre-existing conditions, immigration status, or any other reason. That’s why we’re speaking out against the AHCA and in favor of health care...
by juliep | Mar 24, 2017 | Press Center
Healthcare workers are stronger together! SEIU Healthcare 1199NW is proud to welcome the more than 300 MAs, PSRs, Lab Techs, Rad Techs, Nutritionists, RNs, and more from UW Neighborhood Clinics who voted overwhelmingly to unite with us this week. The caregivers from...
by eedmudson | Feb 22, 2017 | Press Center
Every patient needs safe care, but without the right staffing and with a lack of rest and meal breaks, nurses and healthcare workers provide care in unsafe conditions. That’s why we’re working with lawmakers to strengthen protections for us and our patients. The House...
by eedmudson | Feb 1, 2017 | Nurse Alliance, Press Center
In a show of escalating resistance to repealing the Affordable Care Act, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW nurses, President Diane Sosne RN, and Tacoma minister Pastor Gregory Christopher joined with workers from across the country to flood Capitol Hill Tuesday to protest...
by eedmudson | Jan 29, 2017 | Press Center
Hundreds of nurses and healthcare workers in our union have already made the call to protect care for 30 million Americans – it only takes a minute to join in. From Yakima, Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma, and to Olympia, we’re speaking up. The new Congress and Trump...
by juliep | Jan 29, 2017 | Press Center
Trump’s Muslim Ban, which is proving to have immediate discriminatory effects ranging from tearing families apart, locking dual citizens out of their home nation, and even forcing children to remain in war zones, is an outrage and an insult to the values that we as...
by juliep | Jan 7, 2017 | Press Center
Our country is divided – by ideology, by class, by race, by an urban/rural divide, and in many, many other ways. These divisions have been destructive to working people. Division is a tactic management uses to try keep us from improving standards. And now under a...
