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  • Read more about the article UW isn’t above the law: L&I says HMC illegally assigning mandatory call

    UW isn’t above the law: L&I says HMC illegally assigning mandatory call

    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…

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    Read more about the article We are Northwest Hospital: Taking action for a contract that puts patients first

    We are Northwest Hospital: Taking action for a contract that puts patients first

    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…

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    Read more about the article Sticker-up: Fixing staffing is a no brainer

    Sticker-up: Fixing staffing is a no brainer

    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…

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    Read more about the article Unity break and march: Don’t profit from our short-staffing

    Unity break and march: Don’t profit from our short-staffing

    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…

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    Read more about the article We will vote as a full membership starting October 27

    We will vote as a full membership starting October 27

    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…

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    Read more about the article We took action for ourselves, our patients, and our communities

    We took action for ourselves, our patients, and our communities

    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…

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    Read more about the article We voted to take action with an informational picket

    We voted to take action with an informational picket

    We just experienced the hardest year of our careers, but through it all we did everything we could to provide the best quality care to our patients, even while taking…

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    Read more about the article We marched on the Chief Nursing Officer at Harborview

    We marched on the Chief Nursing Officer at Harborview

    Taking action is how we bring change to Harborview Medical Center, and on June 30, we marched on the Chief Nursing Officer to sound the alarm on Harborview's serious staffing…

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    Read more about the article We delivered 500+ short-staffing forms at Harborview

    We delivered 500+ short-staffing forms at Harborview

    On June 23, hundreds of us at Harborview Medical Center — representing our coworkers from nursing, respiratory therapy, social work, radiology, pharmacy, APPs, speech, and dietitians — delivered the 500+ short-staffing forms filled…

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    Read more about the article Sticker-Up: Fix Staffing

    Sticker-Up: Fix Staffing

    We put forward our vision for how to solve the problems that UW has created in our staffing, recruitment, and retention so our patients know that in their greatest moments…

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    Read more about the article We marched on Harborview CEO

    We marched on Harborview CEO

    At Harborview Medical Center, we joined together to deliver our unity petition to Interim CEO Sommer Kleweno-Walley, and our message was clear — UW Medicine must foster a workplace that respects…

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    Read more about the article March on Northwest CNO, CEO and VP of Primary Care

    March on Northwest CNO, CEO and VP of Primary Care

    At UW Medical Center - Northwest, dozens of us took action on June 10 and marched on CNO Keri Nasenbeny, CEO Cindy Hecker, and associate VP of Primary Care and Population…

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