healthcare workers

5K organizers in Walla Walla, Washington, hope runners and walkers will overwhelm paths with their support. The run will raise scholarship money in honor of three healthcare workers who recently passed away.

This is the first part of a two part series on Caregiving, inspired by the PBS documentary from executive producer Bradley Cooper titled, Caregiving. In this hour, an exploration of the invisible work of caregiving and how everyone will be giving or in need of care. What resources are available to caregivers and their families, friends and clients? Hear personal stories and solutions that communities can do to help those in need.

After their contract ended on Halloween, nurses at Tacoma’s St. Joseph Medical Center spent a rainy Friday morning picketing outside the hospital.The nurses’ union, Washington State Nurses Association or WSNA, has been negotiating with hospital management since August. But Pamela Chandran, director of legal affairs for the union, said there are sticking points.

"If that rule had gone into effect, then every hospital, every nursing home would essentially have to have a plan," said David Michaels, former Occupational Safety and Health Administration chief.