About 90 mid-level providers at PeaceHealth won the right to unionize, after votes cast by physician assistants, nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives were counted Monday, Sept. 18. The PeaceHealth clinicians, who work outside hospitals in Whatcom...
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UAPD Welcomes First Bargaining Unit of Exclusively Advanced Practice Clinicians
Bellingham, Wash., September 18, 2023 — More than 80 advanced practice clinicians employed at PeaceHealth’s nonacute care facilities in Whatcom and Skagit counties have won the right to unionize with the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD). This is...
PeaceHealth Union Vote Begins Next Week
Advanced care providers at PeaceHealth in Whatcom and Skagit counties will vote later this month on whether to unionize. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will mail ballots on Monday, Aug. 21 to about 89 physician assistants, nurse practitioners and certified...
Healthcare Workers at PeaceHealth Move to Unionize
Over 80 healthcare workers at PeaceHealth filed a form to unionize on Friday, July 14th. A press release from the Union of American Physicians and Dentists said the action comes after three years of voicing concerns regarding PeaceHealth’s quality of care....
PeaceHealth Providers File for Union Status
The caregivers who would be represented by UAPD, referred to as advanced practice clinicians or APCs, have been concerned for years about increased pressure from management to see more patients, in order to boost the health care system’s revenue. Read Full Story at...
PeaceHealth Providers File Petition to Unionize Amid Organization Restructure
Bellingham, Wash., July 14, 2023 — About 85 nurse practitioners, midwives, and physician assistants at PeaceHealth filed to form a union today. The action comes in response to three years of concerns, voiced to management, regarding the quality of care being delivered...