Hundreds of nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup are picketing outside the facility Wednesday over their concerns about management’s contract proposals related to staffing.
About 1,039 nurses who are represented by the Washington State Nurses Association planned to picket from 7 to 9 a.m. and 3 to 5:30 p.m. with a rally at 5 p.m. Nurses outside the hospital plan to “inform the public about MultiCare’s disrespect towards nurses at the bargaining table,” according to a WSNA news release.
“During the last contract settled in 2023, Good Samaritan nurses fought hard for additional staffing resources in the contract, including charge nurses and flex nurses free of patient assignment, as well as break relief nurses. In this round of negotiations, MultiCare proposes to eliminate that language, asking nurses to trust that they will not get rid of them in the future,” the release said…