Nurses at eight Sutter Health Hospitals in the Bay Area started a 10-day strike on Friday, their third walk-out in six months. The nurses and the hospitals are at loggerheads in negotiations over healthcare, pensions, meal and break periods, and safe lifting policies. The hospitals have brought in replacement nurses from other states. Some articles about the dispute appear here, here, here and here.
Providence Health & Services Ordered to Pay Over $229 Million in Landmark Wage Violation Verdict
Jury finds systemic wage violations for more than 33,000 hourly employees in Washington state based on unlawful timeclock rounding and second meal period violations. SEATTLE, WA — The judgment in Bennett, et. al v. Providence Health & Services, was entered in King County Superior Court today, the culmination of a