Photo Credit: Finn Wendt About 30 hospitalists in Bellingham and Sedro-Woolley won the right to unionize as both PeaceHealth and Sound Physicians employees, after votes cast by the clinicians were counted on Tuesday, June 11. These clinicians specialize in...
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Washington State Hospitalists Set to Unionize — First physician union to earn joint-employer status
A group of hospitalists in Washington state is poised to become the first physician union to earn joint-employer status, sources told MedPage Today. Some 30 clinicians -- including 25 physicians and five nurse practitioners -- working at two PeaceHealth facilities...
PeaceHealth Clinicians Push for Historic Union Vote
Photo credit: Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News An increasing number of clinicians across the nation are looking to unionize as they lose their autonomy to advocate for patients or themselves as for-profit groups, such as Sound Physicians, are “trying to squeeze money...
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