After months of bargaining, two informational pickets, and a strike, the Indigo providers have voted to ratify their contract with 71% support. The campaign led to nationwide media including Time Magazine, NPR National, and Bloomberg. Some items in the new contract include:
· end of day protections
· percent based compensation increases each year of the contract
· just cause
· furlough protections
· CME preservation
· professional judgment
· Seniority
· union security (everyone pays their share of dues)
UAPD filed several Washington Labor & Industries claims against MultiCare during this campaign. In late January, providers learned that their claims were successful and that MultiCare had been fined $30,000.