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11/11/08 -Local Unit Meeting

DATE: December 9, 2008
TIME: 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
PLACE: Cypress Room

Bring your issues and concerns to this semi-annual Local Unit Meeting. This is your opportunity to continue to be part of the voice for Nursing in the Island Hospital Local Unit. We will be making plans for the next calendar year and ask for your input.

DOOR PRIZES – SNACKS PROVIDED

Brought to you by your Local Unit Officers:
Chair – Joanne Jordan; Vice-Chair – Cathy Wood; Secretary – Carrie Gibson;
Treasurer – Kathryn Clary; Grievance Officer – Barbara Brunisholz

 

10/17/08  - Congratulations!  The new Contract was ratified yesterday 10/16/08 by an overwhelming majority.

The contract goes into effect on 11/1/2008.  We hope to have the contract on disk in your hands by the end of November. We will post the completed contract on line here after the attorneys from both sides have completed the final drafts and we have obtained signatures.

Download and read a summary of the contract highlights (PDF).  If you have any questions, please ask your negotiation team members:  Joanne Jordan, Cathy Wood, Barbara Brunisholz, Kathryn Clary, Carrie Gibson, Alcie Harstad, Holly Hockinson, Susan Paulsen and Sara Beadles or contact me, Darlene Delgado, RN, WSNA Nursing Representative at (206)575-7979, ext 3030.

 

10/6/08 - Contract Vote!

COME AND VOTE ON YOUR CONTRACT

Your WSNA Negotiation Team and ISLAND HOSPITAL Administration reached tentative agreement on October 2, 2008. Your team worked hard to make significant improvements in the contract and to acquire wage increases that we are proud to present. Your WSNA Team recommends a YES VOTE. On October 16, 2008 your Negotiation Team will present the changes and you will then have your opportunity to vote to ratify the new contract.

When & Where:

Thursday, October 16, 2008

6:30 am - 8:30 am
Conference Rooms 1 & 2

- and -

2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Cypress Room

 

9/29/08 - Way to Go!

Nurses from the PACU and OPD filed a grievance on behalf of all the nurses in the bargaining unit at Island Hospital over Administration using PTO hours to backfill non-worked hours for nurses on a Holiday.

On the Step 1 response for this grievance, Administration agrees that “in the future, we will ask staff who are scheduled to work on a holiday, if they want to use voluntary Low Census or take PTO to make whole for FTE.

What this means for you…

Administration cannot just fill your FTE with PTO hours for a holiday or any other day without you first consulting with the nurse. Our contract reads in Article 9.1 “The purpose [of PTO] is to allow each eligible nurse to utilize PTO as the nurse determines best fits the nurse’s personal needs or desires.”

If you have questions, contact your Grievance Officer: Barbara Brunisholz

Brought to you by your Local Unit Officers, Joanne Jordan, Cathy Wood, Carrie Gibson, Kathryn Clary and Barbara Brunisholz

 

9/26/08 - Negotiations Update

Your Negotiation team consisting of, Joanne Jordan, Cathy Wood, Barbara Brunisholz, Kathryn Clary, Carrie Gibson, Alcie Harstad, Holly Hockinson, Susan Paulsen and Sara Beadles. Darlene Delgado, RN Nurse Representative and Michael Sanderson, WSNA Council are assisting us in these Negotiations. Greg Barley had to resign from the team as the was “Activated” by the Army and is on his way to Fort Bragg.

Representing Administration are Barb Ringhouse, Lois Pate, Carolyn Tucker, Peter Swanson, Carolyn Millen, and Cindy Anderson. Bob Sebris is Council for Administration.

On September 22, 2008, the first session was a half day of Interest Based Bargaining Training facilitated by Andy Hall from FMCS, with the second half of the day spent on ground rules and agenda for the next session.

The second session was held on September 25, 2008. We spent the morning clarified ground rules, identified interests of each party, identified standards. Then both sides presented issues for negotiations. We reached tentative agreement on a variety of contract clean up points. There were other options explored, including preliminary discussion of economics.

Our next sessions are scheduled for October 2nd and 3rd and we have reserved the dated of October 23rd and 24th if needed to completed the negotiations.