Evergreen Nurses.

Last night, on February 18, we met with the Board of Commissioners for the second time to express our frustrations over the slow pace of contract negotiations. A key focus of our discussion was the administration’s failure to enforce the incentive pay rules outlined in the now-expired Incentive Pay MOU.

It is unacceptable that our mutually agreed upon MOU was not extended and management just went back to old practices that we all agreed did not work. As a result, there is now widespread confusion regarding incentive pay—nurses are left uncertain about what incentives they will be offered and whether those agreements will be honored.

With this in mind, we strongly encourage all nurses to double-check your pay stubs to ensure you received the incentive you were promised when agreeing to work extra shifts. Staffing issues are management’s responsibility, and while we continue pushing for long-term solutions, they must ensure fairness in the meantime. If management expects nurses to cover shifts through incentive pay, they should do the right thing and renew the MOU immediately.

We are calling on Virgil Snyder, the Board of Commissioners chair, and the rest of the Board to take action and hold the administration accountable for finding a resolution while our contract remains unsettled. We will know if the Board has followed through based on Management’s incentive shift response at bargaining, this Friday. Please review our formal letter to the Board and the MOU. The links are below.

We appreciate your continued support and will keep you updated as we push for a fair and timely contract.

All that said, we go back to the table on Friday, 2/21/2025. Please join us in Tan 250 after 9am to show support and hear the latest updates.

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Join us Thursday, 2/20 at 8 am for a bargaining update: “breakfast with bargainers” on Teams. Come join us on the Teams call to get updates on the most recent session and ask your questions.

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Wear your WSNA shirt to work on Wednesday! If you still don't have a shirt, contact unit reps, CAT members, and local unit officers. Better yet, ask your coworkers what sizes they need and help us get shirts to them!

IMPORTANT – if you are told not to wear your T-shirt at work, ask if it would lead to discipline if you don’t change into a scrub top. If you are told it would lead to discipline, change into a scrub top, but write down who said that, where you were, and when it happened.  If you see anyone wearing anything but scrub tops in clinical areas, note when and who it was. If, for example, your department had custom t-shirts made and they are worn to work in clinical areas, and you are not allowed to wear a WSNA shirt, take note of it and contact Bret Percival at BPercival@wsna.org or send a brief text to 206-471-0876. (Email is preferred for documentation and tracking.)

In solidarity,

Your Bargaining Team
Theresa Blazer, Holly Baker, Alicia O’Neal, Nikki Paulson, Sandy Gott, Ryan O’Neill Hawkins, Carol Flaming, Jaclyn Miller, Karen Lasota, Lexi Overa

Questions? Contact your WSNA Officers at localofficers@eh-nurses.com.