On Friday, registered nurses from MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital and the Mary Bridge neonatal intensive care unit stepped off the hospital floors and onto the sidewalk, staging informational pickets outside Tacoma General in both morning and midday shifts. With contract talks stalled, union leaders cast the action as a high-visibility push to keep staffing protections intact and, in their words, to safeguard patient care.
Where And When They Gathered
The Washington State Nurses Association, which represents more than 1,100 registered nurses at the two facilities, organized the picket at Martin Luther King Jr. Way and 5th Street. According to WSNA, nurses hit the line from 6 a.m.–9 a.m. for the morning session and returned from noon–2 p.m. for the…..