A Thousand Health Care Workers Picket Outside Swedish Hospital
(WorldNews Health)

On Thursday organizers say close to 1,000 health care workers with SEIU 1199 NW and other unions demonstrated outside Swedish`s First Hill campus, following a day of informational picketing at all seven of Swedish`s locations in Seattle. U.S. House Rep. Adam Smith, King County Executive Dow Constantine, King County Council Member Joe McDermott, State Rep. Rebecca Salda