August 15, 2025
July 10, 2025
To comply with the hospital staffing committee law, charters are detailed and thorough, addressing over a dozen committee functions related to roles, responsibilities, and processes.
February 1, 2024
WSNA is collecting candidates for local unit awards to be presented at the 2024 Union Leadership Conference
January 5, 2024
Everything you need to know about staffing committees and the new staffing law
December 6, 2023
This is the first study of its kind in Washington, and we expect the results to provide important evidence that can help guide policy efforts on staffing.
November 16, 2023
The TA comes after 19 bargaining sessions, an informational picket, and a complaint filed with Labor and Industries over workplace safety.
November 9, 2023
Appropriate nurse staffing is achievable and necessary, but it requires a national response with solutions, standards, and policy.
November 1, 2023
Attacks occurring more frequently than what WSNA has seen at other hospitals
October 26, 2023
WSNA files an unfair labor practice over threats to withhold health insurance
October 23, 2023
Support for unions in the country is the highest since 1965, according to Gallup poll
October 20, 2023
Good Samaritan Hospital nurses’ six-month struggle leads to historic contract win, ensuring safer staffing and fair compensation.
The new law makes Oregon the second state in the nation to adopt mandatory nurse staffing ratios and the first state to put ratios into statute.
Picket comes after 15 bargaining sessions
October 9, 2023
WSNA will educate our members and staff on the new staffing law. We will also be working with our coalition partners to provide joint education through the Washington Safe+Healthy coalition.
September 21, 2023
The advisory committee on hospital staffing will start by advising DOH on its development of the uniform hospital staffing plan form.
August 10, 2023
WSNA will now represent about 100 registered nurses at the facility, which is part of Confluence Health.
July 27, 2023
Washington State creates a Hospital Staffing Advisory Committee to advise on new staffing law, including diverse representation and public engagement.
July 10, 2023
The agreement comes after nurses overwhelmingly voted by 95% to strike Wednesday night.
June 22, 2023
MultiCare Good Samaritan nurses overwhelmingly voted by 95% to strike Wednesday night. The main issues for the 750 nurses represented by WSNA are staffing and dedicated break nurses.
June 21, 2023
Good Sam nurses are seeking safe staffing measures in their contract that will ensure they are able to give their patients the care they need and deserve.
June 20, 2023
Matthew Dustin and Liana Delacorte talk to WSNA about their jobs, magical moments, and working with ratios.
May 15, 2023
Astria Toppenish nurses fought for better wages but faced devastation as the hospital closed the Family Medical Center. Efforts continue to restore OB/GYN services for the community.
Astria Toppenish Hospital's Labor and Delivery Unit closure highlights the dire state of healthcare, under served communities, and rising maternal mortality rates.
The Washington Nurse magazine showcases hospitals in the state and their communities. In this issue: Astria Toppenish Hospital.
Nurses are being driven to the brink. They love their jobs. They love their colleagues and their patients. But they cannot take the escalating patient loads.
May 1, 2023
