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Thursday, May 23, 2013

WSNA Urges Solidarity During Negotiations with PeaceHealth

Dear labor friends & community members,

The Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA) is asking you to stand in solidarity with our registered nurses at PeaceHealth facilities in Washington. We represent three facilities owned by PeaceHealth (two of which are in Southwest WA - PeaceHealth Lower Columbia Region and PeaceHealth Southwest) and are currently in negotiations with our Bellingham local unit. We need your help.

Nurses at PeaceHealth St. Joseph in Bellingham are not being treated fairly during contract negotiations, with management proposing drastic takeaways. Nurses are fighting to have affordable and accessible healthcare, retain sick leave benefits, and have meaningful input on safe staffing and issues surrounding safe patient care. We’re not going to let them fight this battle alone! We are bringing together nurses from PeaceHealth facilities across Washington and Oregon together and we are urging all nurses, labor friends, and community members in the region to join us. This goes beyond one hospital – it’s about the corporatization of our healthcare system. The only way to fight back is to do it TOGETHER!

We are planning an event at the Corporate Headquarters of PeaceHealth located at 1115 SE 164th Ave, Vancouver, WA on May 29, 2013 from 1 PM to 4 PM. We’ll be bringing nurses from Bellingham and expect to have your local nurses attend as well. The primary goal of the day will be to present PeaceHealth President Alan Yordy with a petition telling him to listen to PeaceHealth nurses and treat them with fairness and respect..

This is corporate greed at its worst and it affects all communities. When we let corporations devalue nurses, patients and communities suffer. Please help us by turning out your members to show their support for the registered nurses fighting to provide the best possible care to their communities.
More information is available on our website at: http://www.wsna.org/Local-Unit/St-Joseph-Hospital/
May 29, 2013
1 pm to 4 pm
PeaceHealth Corporate Headquarters
1115 SE 164th Ave, Vancouver, WA

You are also welcome to contact Nurse Representative Barbara Friesen at bfriesen@wsna.org or call 800-231- 8482 Ext 3056, if you have more detailed questions or would like more information.

An Injury to One is an Injury to ALL!