HEALTHCARE WORKERS ARE FIGHTING FOR A FAIR CONTRACT AT ST. ELIZABETH HOSPITAL

We have dedicated our careers to caring for our patients and our community, and now we need your support! Add your name to our petition calling on St. Elizabeth executives to come to the table with a strong contract that respects the critical role of healthcare workers.

By signing this petition, I consent to SEIU Healthcare 1199NW using and publishing my name in connection with this petition. I agree SEIU may contact me by email.

Union healthcare workers at St Elizabeth Hospital are a dedicated and diverse group of technical workers, proudly united in SEIU Healthcare 1199NW. Our team includes CT Techs, Mammography Techs, Radiology Techs, MRI Techs, Nuclear Medicine Techs, and Sonographers. Together, we are an essential team caring for every member of the community. 

 “CommonSpirit is trying to drastically increase the cost of our healthcare benefits. We will not stand for this. We are looking for CommonSpirit to live their values and show us human kindness. We are asking the community to stand with us!”
–-Taylor Osborne, Nuclear Medicine Tech 

INVEST IN STAFF AND QUALITY PATIENT CARE 

Virgina Mason Franciscan Health executives and corporate parent CommonSpirit must invest in healthcare workers and patient care at St. Elizabeth instead of proposing takeaways to our healthcare benefits. Reducing benefits only makes it harder to recruit and retain the staff we need to provide the best care for our patients. 

RESPECT AND LISTEN TO WORKERS 

The success of St. Elizabeth depends on its workers. We deserve to be heard when we raise concerns about patient care, staffing levels, and broken equipment. Employees are continually expected to do more with less, and in some cases are using their own paid time off to fill in gaps in pay that low census brings. Our earned PTO should not be used as a substitute for adequate staffing plans. St. Elizabeth must implement policies that protect our time and demonstrate respect for the employees who care for our patients every day. 

EQUITABLE AND LIVABLE WAGES 

Healthcare workers deserve living wages that reflect our dedication, expertise, and the challenges we face in our roles. Our compensation should enable us to live with dignity while continuing to serve our communities. 

SAFE, RELIABLE WORKING CONDITIONS 

St. Elizabeth must value and listen to its workers by addressing concerns about patient care, staffing, and working conditions. Safe, high-quality care depends on adequate staffing levels to meet patient needs and prevent employee burnout. Reliable and up-to-date equipment ensures timely and effective treatment and a safe, healthy environment for staff and patients. By investing in these essential resources, St. Elizabeth can better support its workforce and provide the quality care our community deserves. 

What Is Common Spirit?

CommonSpirit is the corporate parent of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, the result of a merger between CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason. Before the merger, CHI Franciscan operated small community hospitals in Washington state, and Virginia Mason was a “boutique” hospital in the center of Seattle.

Now, all of these hospitals are part CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest healthcare systems in the country. CommonSpirit is a Catholic non-profit in name, but it acts like a for-profit investment firm — it sponsors stadiums and sports teams, hands out lavish executive salaries, pays massive fines for violations - and yet it still receives significant tax breaks as a non-profit system.

CommonSpirit owned hospitals include:

  • Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle).

  • St. Anne Hospital (Burien)

  • St. Elizabeth Hospital (Enumclaw)

  • St. Joseph Medical Center (Tacoma)

  • St. Clare Hospital (Lakewood)

COMMONSPIRIT’S RECORD

Paying Themselves Millions: The top 10 executives at CommonSpirit health are paid $65.7 million in total compensation. This includes $15.7 million in bonuses in 2024, the most recent year of available data. 

Bringing in Billions in Profit: CommonSpirit Health reported an operating revenue of $40 billion for its 2025 fiscal year, which ended June 30, an increase of 8.5% over the prior year. Operating revenue comes directly from the product of our labor! 

Spending Big, with Questionable Priorities: Refusing to commit to safe staffing levels, putting patients, staff, and the community at risk. Cutting pay in real terms by failing to adjust wages for inflation and the cost of living.