The West United
/A common day of action across the western US where grocery store workers from all these states wore “The UNITED WEST” stickers to show solidarity.
Press Release: Providence Workers Across the State Join Together For Informational Pickets: Spokane, Everett and Olympia
/PRESS ADVISORY
For Immediate Release:
Providence Workers Across the State Join Together For Informational Pickets: Spokane, Everett and Olympia
WHAT: Informational Pickets protest against proposed cuts of benefits for thousands of workers across the state by Providence. These workers in Spokane, Everett and Olympia all have contracts that are now expired. There will be good visuals with picketers + picket signs. Interviews with workers at each location will be able to be arranged upon request.
DATE: Thursday, June 27, 2019
LOCATIONS/TIMES:
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
8th & McClellan
Spokane
TIME: 2 PM – 5 PM
(UFCW 21 members will be joined by members of Washington State Nurses Association)
Providence St Peter Hospital
Lilly & Ensign
Olympia
TIME: 2 PM – 5 PM
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett
Colby & 13th
Everett
TIME: 3 PM – 6 PM
Note – there will also be a leaflet action at Providence St Mary’s Medical Center, 401 Poplar St, Walla Walla from 7-8 AM and 1 – 3:30 PM
WHY: Despite making $24.4 billion last year and paying their CEO over $10 million, Providence is trying to take away the hard-earned benefits of workers, many whom have been dedicated employees for decades. These proposed take aways include: erasing millions of dollars’ worth of accrued benefits that workers have in their Sick Leave, and ongoing failure to address staffing shortages.
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UFCW 21 has over 46,000 members across the state of Washington and is the largest UFCW local in the nation. By growing our union, we are building a movement for the 21st century, an inclusive and democratic union that pushes for racial, gender, economic and political justice.
For more information, go to: UFCW21.org
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