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SEATTLE - About 1,700 nurses and other health-care workers formed picket lines Monday to start a five-day strike against Group Health Cooperative - one of the nation's oldest HMOs - over the cost of their own health benefits. Nurses, medical assistants, therapists and others represented by Service Employees International Union Local 1199 began striking at 18 clinics in western Washington, said union spokesman Carter Wright.
Negotiations between the two sides ended last week. Before the walkout began, Group Health transferred an undisclosed number of maternity patients, rescheduled outpatient surgery and postponed back-to-school physical exams.See the full content of this document
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Workers Strike Over Health Costs
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