http://kplu.org en http://kplu.org/post/state-workers-picket-over-western-state-hospital-closures <p>LAKEWOOD, Wash. &ndash; Unionized state workers are protesting a cost-cutting proposal to close five wards at one of Washington&#39;s mental institutions. More than a dozen employees staged a lunch-time picket Thursday outside Western State Hospital.</p><p> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:31:13 +0000 Austin Jenkins 2899 at http://kplu.org State workers picket over Western State Hospital closures