Sacred Heart nurses picket over breaks, benefits

Informational protest does not constitute strike. John Stucke, Spokane Spokesman-Review, February 2, 2010 Barb Ormsby, a cardiac nurse for 23 years at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, joined dozens of other nurses at an informational picket on South McClellan Street on Tuesday February 2, 2010. The nurses are upset about bathroom breaks, staffing levels and a move to change their retirement benefits from the security of a pension to a stock market based plan to a 401(k). Nurses are accusing Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center of pushing unfair and unsafe new workplace rules that would curtail rest breaks and trim staffing levels. ... Sacred