Sacred Heart nurses protest in Spokane
Nurses from Sacred Heart and Kadlec are showing unity with joint, simultaneous informational pickets in Spokane and Richland. Together, they are calling on Providence to put hospital nurse and patient safety before profits.
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Amber Walker, center left, demonstrates alongside her mother, Yvonne Walker, near Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center on Thursday, May 9, 2019. Yvonne Walker has been a registered nurse at Sacred Heart for 19 years and works in the adult psychiatric unit. Sacred Heart nurses are demanding a more favorable union contract.
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Liz Ricciardi demonstrates near Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center on Thursday, May 9, 2019. Liz has been a registered nurse at Sacred Heart for 36 years and works in the neonatal intensive care unit. Sacred Heart nurses are demanding a more favorable union contract.
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Hand-drawn signs are photographed before a nurses union demonstration near Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center on Thursday, May 9, 2019.
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Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center nurses gather near the hospital on Thursday, May 9, 2019, to protest for better contracts. Providence has sought to change their paid sick leave benefits.
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