A group of workers at urgent care facilities owned by Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System are seeking to join the Union of American Physicians and Dentists, The News Tribune reports.
Here are three things to know.
1. The union submitted two petitions with the National Labor Relations Board seeking a union vote at MultiCare's legacy urgent care centers and MultiCare's Indigo Urgent Care clinics, according to the report. Each chain would have a different bargaining unit.
2. Workers seeking unionization include physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
3. A union vote could take place three months from now, or at a later date, according to the report.
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