St. Elizabeth Hospital nurses in Enumclaw voted to authorize a ULP strike

Stand with nurses at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Enumclaw

Nurses at St. Elizabeth Hospital have voted by a strong supermajority to authorize our bargaining team to call an open-ended unfair labor practice STRIKE if needed. Management’s proposals fall short of what it takes to recruit and retain skilled nurses at this critical access hospital, and that puts patient care and our community at risk.

This ULP strike authorization sends a clear message to corporate owner CommonSpirit: we are united, we are serious, and we will not back down from the fight to protect safe staffing, quality care, and the nurses our community depends on. Our patients deserve caregivers who are supported, respected, and able to stay at the bedside.

Stand with St. Elizabeth nurses and pledge to stand on the picket line. Add your name to pledge that you’ll support nurses and show up with us on the picket line if we’re forced to take strike action at investinstaffinvestincare.org.

As part of our action, we ran a full page ad in our local paper showing management that our fight is public and our community has our backs!

St. Elizabeth is in King County, but CommonSpirit and VMFH management wants to pay them less than Thurston and Kitsap County wages.

King County workers deserve King County wages. We’re standing strong and will keep sounding the alarm for safe patient care until management hears us.