“Teamsters Local 760 is thrilled to welcome nearly 200 workers at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital to the Teamsters family,” Richard Salinas, secretary-treasurer of Local 760, said in a Jan. 23 news release. “In a decisive victory through an NLRB election, employees voted nearly 6-to-1 in favor of Teamsters representation. This achievement was made possible by the outstanding efforts of the steering committee, whose dedication drove this successful election to completion.”
MultiCare Yakima workers plan to meet in February to begin drafting contract proposals.
The vote comes two years after Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System acquired Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in 2023, renaming it MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital.
MultiCare shared the following statement with Becker’s:
“The National Labor Relations Board recently conducted a union election for inpatient technical employees at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital. The majority of the votes cast were in favor of union representation. We await the official NLRB certification of the results to determine our next steps. We are committed to building productive relationships with all the unions who represent MultiCare employees, including the Teamsters Local 760.”
