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Upcoming Meetings July 23rd - 7:45p.m. - 8:45p.m. Plaza Cafe Conference Room C
Contract Negotiations News July 16, 2008 Contract Negotiations Update Contract negotiations are in full swing. We have completed a serious of lengthy team preparation sessions and have persisted through our second, all day negotiation sessions. Many important factors that directly affect our nursing working environment and ability to deliver quality patient care are on the table at this time, such as:
Your negotiating team is working hard and doing a great job. We are looking forward to seeing you all at our next local unit meeting.
July 7, 2008 Here are your negotiating team members:
April 4, 2008 Building Bargaining Strength - Your New Contract Negotiations Have Started! In effort to best serve the Local unit, meet the needs of our nurses and build our bargaining strength, we will be conducting a telephone survey of UWMC Registered Nurses in the WSNA Local Unit. The telephone survey will be conducted by the Wilson Center for Public Research beginning the week of April 7, 2008. The information gathered will be kept confidential and will only be used by your WSNA Local Unit Officers and Negotiating Team Representatives. If you have not updated your telephone number at the WSNA office, please do so now by calling 206-575-7979.
March 18, 2008 Negotiations Schedule Team Prep
Team Prep with WSNA Attorney
WSNA/UWMC Negotiations Sessions
Confirmed negotiation dates:
Reserved dates to be used, only if necessary:
March 4, 2008 WSNA/UWMC 2008 Negotiations Have Begun! Your current negotiating team members are: Steve Krauss, RN, O.R. - Local Unit Chair - catbert@oz.net We are looking to add members to our negotiating team NOW! We have over 1250 registered nurses in our bargaining unit and NEED TO HAVE a wide-spread representation from all areas of the hospital on our team. If you are interested in learning more about how you can help, please contact one of the team members listed above, or by contacting your unit representative. WSNA/UWMC 2008 Negotiations Schedule Planner Team Prep
WSNA/UWMC Negotiations Sessions
Document Library
Please note: All items in the document library are in PDF format unless otherwise noted. 2008 Local Unit Awards Presented by the WSNA Cabinet on Economic and General Welfare The WSNA Cabinet on Economic and General Welfare is proud to announce the annual Local Unit Awards to be presented during the 2008 Leadership Conference on September 29, 2008 in Lake Chelan. This is your chance to nominate someone that you feel has done an outstanding job as a local unit leader. This can be someone who is, or has been, a local unit leader who you feel deserves some recognition. So please submit your nominations before the July 25, 2008 deadline. To nominate the person, or persons of your choice, please complete the nomination form after reviewing the criteria for each award. More information on you nominee is best! Please add additional pages if necessary! The Categories for the Awards are: Outstanding Local Unit Chair, Adversity Award, Local Unit Star, Outstanding Negotiation Team, Membership Award, and Outstanding Grievance Officer. To nominate someone for one of these awards, download this form and return it to WSNA by July 25, 2008! 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?
WSNA Is Fighting For You!
What You Can Do!
Resources from ANA
Membership 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. Tip: to save PDF documents to your computer, right click on the link and select "Save Target As..." or "Save Link As..." Select the location on your computer where you want to save the PDF file, and click "Save." |
