Tacoma General nurses rally on chilly overpass before federal mediation session
Nurses for MultiCare’s Tacoma General Hospital staged a rally at a Tacoma overpass Wednesday morning before a session with federal labor mediators.
Around 200 nurses and their supporters attended the rally on the Yakima Avenue overpass in subfreezing temperatures Wednesday morning.
Around 730 registered nurses who work at the hospital have been without a union contract for a year. Wednesday’s mediation session is the most recent of several this year, said Christine Himmelsbach, director of labor for the Washington State Nurses Association.
Himmelsbach said she’s hopeful MultiCare and the nurses who work at Tacoma General will reach a contract agreement and a settlement of a slate of workplace issues. The nurses’ chief concern is how the hospital asks nurses to take federally required breaks.
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