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Staff members at Planned Parenthood's national Washington, D.C., office have unionized and reached an agreement with management to improve workers' rights. Planned Parenthood's 70 union-eligible D.C. staffers are joining SEIU Local 500, a local branch of the second-largest union in the U.S. The move toward collective bargaining comes as Planned Parenthood and other abortion-rights groups have been scrutinized for workplace issues, including a lack of diversity within management. The agreement between Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its D.C. staffers comes after nearly four years of negotiations that began under the organization's former president Cecile Richards.