St. Joseph Medical Center workers represented by SEIU Healthcare 1199NW are calling out Virginia Mason Franciscan Health and its parent company as contract talks go beyond a year.
The union-represented workers held an informational picket Wednesday outside the VMFH hospital Wednesday (Oct. 23), citing their issues with VMFH and its parent company, Chicago-based CommonSpirit.
The workers’ bargaining unit includes more than 600 licensed practical nurses and workers in service-job classifications. Those include certified nursing assistants, environmental service workers, cooks and dietary clerks, among others…