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Contacts

Local Unit Officers

Co-Chair:
Edna Cortez

ALNW
(206) 387-6748
epcortez920@comcast.net

Co-Chair:
Jeremy King

ED
(206) 892 – 0156
Jrtking73@yahoo.com

Grievance Officer:
Stacey Bryant

206-726-1096
okgal@q.com

Membership Coordinator:

Nancy Wilder
PACU
nancywilder@yahoo.com

WSNA Nurse Representative

Heather Worbets, RN
206-575-7979, Ext. 3045

Survey (Updated)

Your contract is expiring July 31, 2010 and we need to hear from you!! Please go to the link below and let us know what your top priorities are for the 2010 Contract Negotiations!

You can access the survey from February 17th to March 5th – so act fast!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/H5QLPC3

News

12/1/09 - Annual Employee Incentive Plan 2009-2010

WSNA was recently contacted by your employer to discuss the Employee Incentive Plan for 2009-2010. This Plan is intended for ALL employees. WSNA has negotiated with your employer, and has agreed that bargaining unit nurses will participate in the 2009-2010 Annual Employee Incentive Plan. A copy of this Supplemental Agreement will follow in the mail shortly. A copy of this year’s Employee Incentive Plan can be accessed thru your employer.

If you received this message by postcard, it is because WSNA does not have a valid home email address for you. Please email Heather Worbets, Nurse Representative, at hworbets@wsna.org with your personal email address so that you can receive updates in a timelier manner.

8/31/09 - Action Alert to WSNA/Seattle Children's Hospital Nurses

WSNA has received notice from the hospital that they are reducing your retirement benefits. We have sent the hospital a letter demanding to bargain over this change. We will be sending you information after the meeting takes place.

Parking Rates
We received notice from a WSNA member that parking rates were being raised. We have sent a letter to the hospital requesting to meet to discuss this change. We have also requested that the hospital send us any information about this change. As with the above, we will send you information after we meet with the hospital.

3/9/09 - UNIT REPRESENTATIVES ARE NEEDED
Your Officers are looking for Unit Representatives for every unit, inpatient and outpatient, and for every shift. Unit Representatives are the “eyes and ears” for the Local Unit Officers, know how to put nurses in touch with officers or WSNA Nurse Rep, keep WSNA bulletin boards updated, and welcome new nurses to your unit. If you are interested in being a Unit Representative, please include that in the body of the email!

For any questions, please contact Hanna Welander, BSN RN, at 206-575-7979, Extension 3035 or via the email address above.

Important Reminder

If you are called into a meeting with your Supervisor, Director or Clinical Nurse Specialist, you have the right to have representation during your investigatory or discipline meeting.

Remember, a meeting can take place when your representative is available at your request, do not feel pressured into a meeting without one.

Contact one of your Local Unit Officers or:
Rosie Tillotson RN, MSN
WSNA Nurse Representative
206-575-7979 ext 3039
rtillotson@wsna.org

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Current Issue

Short Staffing = No Breaks = Unsafe Patient Care

The issue of meal and rest breaks has plagued nurse for many years. It has never been about nurses not wanting to take their breaks. It is about real concerns related to staffing and the ability to provide SAFE Patient Care. It is about hospitals having enough STAFF to meet the requirements of the law to provide rest breaks.

Missed meal and rest breaks have a direct relationship to short staffing which can lead to unsafe patient care. Missed meal and rest breaks are a direct result of the lack of commitment to provide adequate staffing. Missed meal and rest breaks force you to work exhausted and lead to increased medical and medication errors, thus putting both Your Patients - and YOU - in jeopardy.

We don’t think it is unreasonable to expect to be able to stop and rest for 15 minutes every 4 hours … do you?

As a Registered Nurse working in Washington:

Did You Know?

You are entitled to an unpaid meal period of one-half (1/2) hour if you work five (5) or more hours.
You are entitled to one (1) fifteen minute break halfway through every four (4) hours of work.
You are entitled to compensation if you are required to remain on duty or in your unit during your meal period.
You are entitled to compensation for your missed rest breaks.
Short staffing results in you not getting your breaks and in unsafe patient care.

WSNA Is Fighting For You!

Filed grievances at numerous facilities on missed breaks, Settlement reached at Virginia Mason Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham.
Won Arbitration decisions on missed breaks at Sacred Heart Medical Center, Yakima Regional Medical & Heart Center.
Pursuing the Department of Labor & Industries to change State Regulations on missed Breaks for Nurses.

What You Can Do!

Follow your contract, if you miss your meal/break period, document on your time card and keep your own personal record of missed breaks.
Complete an ADO form and distribute to your manager with a copy to your local unit chair and your WSNA Nurse Representative
To file a complaint with the L & I, notify your Nurse Representative at WSNA for the paperwork and instructions.

Membership

Become a Member

Want to have a voice in your local unit? Want to be able to vote on your contract? Join WSNA today! Simply download and complete the WSNA Membership Application form, and return it to us by fax or mail.

Have you moved? Changed your name? Changed your FTE? Gone on LOA?

Don't forget to notify WSNA to ensure that your membership information is correct and that you are paying the right amount of dues. Your employer may not inform WSNA of these changes in a timely fashion… It’s up to you!

It's simple. Just complete the Change of Information form and return it to us by fax or mail.

Help us keep your records accurate by letting us know right away when there are changes.

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