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I joined the Service Employees International Union informational picket today at PeaceHealth Hospital in Bellingham, WA.

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants warn of chronic understaffing and wages insufficient to support the local cost of living.

An SEIU organizer told me PeaceHealth is offering wage increases of only 2-3%. The cost of living in Washington state increased by nearly 6% last year.

In addition to stalled contract negotiations, PeaceHealth has refused to recognize the June 2024 joint union victory of the PeaceHealth and Sound Physicians hospitalist team at St. Joseph Medical Center and United General Medical Center.

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