PeaceHealth employees in Vancouver and Longview gave notice Friday that their 1,900 health care workers will strike on Oct. 23 if a contract agreement can’t be reached by then.
The employees are part of the Techs and Service and Maintenance units at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center and PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center that voted last week to authorize a strike, alleging stalled negotiations, critically short patient staffing levels, low wages, and what the union described as management’s bad-faith bargaining.
The units are part of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals AFT Local 5017, AFL-CIO.
