Bob Herman, Becker’s Hospital Review, August 30, 2011 Nurses at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital plan to picket outside the hospital as negotiations for a new contract have stalled between the administration and the nurses' union, according to a KNDO report. The nurses' union is asking for a 2 percent pay raise for every year of the new contract and to continue their defined benefits plan rather than converting to a 401(k), the report said. It is also asking for mandatory union membership for nurses. However, the Yakima Valley Memorial administration has walked away from the bargaining table ... Nurses