At today’s bargaining, management did not bring a counterproposal. Meanwhile, our fellow healthcare workers at area hospitals have just agreed to significant wage increases. We know those nearby healthcare systems…
Management told us this week that they recognize that their counter to our initial bargaining proposals needs to exceed what they had initially planned. They said they didn’t yet have…
Our collective actions across UW this week and our proposals at the bargaining table sent the message loud and clear to management that they must fix staffing now. Our proposals…
We are calling on management to increase wages across all jobs, so that we can continue to recruit and retain quality employees in order to provide excellent patient care. We…
Across our union at UW Medicine, our elected bargaining team from Harborview Medical Center, Airlift NW, and UWMC-Northwest Hospital and Clinics is negotiating with management for a wage reopener and…
For years we have been raising the alarm about the staffing crisis in our hospitals — a crisis that predates the pandemic and has led to burnout and serious concerns…
We’re being made to work mandatory overtime due to chronic short staffing, a problem Harborview created well before COVID. Instead of fixing the problem they created, they are actively continuing…
With unity breaks, unit petitions, community banners and meeting with Governor Jay Inslee and preparing for our strike vote, our message is clear: Respect Us, Protect Us, Pay Us.UW Medicine…
We’re united to ensure each patient that comes to Harborview receives excellent care. When that can’t happen due to a lack of resources and short staffing, we do everything we…
We’re bringing solutions to the bargaining table NOW because our patients can’t wait for UW Medicine to finally settle a contract that invests in their care. Short staffing is a…
UW can either bring proposals to meet our and our patients’ needs, or we will move forward with a vote to authorize a strike. UW administration has had numerous opportunities…
In our largest action ever, we took our demands of equity, recovery, safe staffing, and competitive wages for each of us to our community. Thousands of us demonstrated our unity…