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St. Joe's in Tacoma

  • Nurses picket outside St. Joseph Medical Center on Nov. 1 as they push for a contract that addresses their safety and staffing concerns. (Credit: Lauren Gallup / NWPB)
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    Nurses at St. Joseph in Tacoma seek staffing, safety changes
    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.