We met Friday, Dec. 12, for contract bargaining session #6. The Employer began the day by rejecting ALL the proposals we last made on Nov. 5. The employer made a single proposal on wages of 2% each year for the next 3 years. That's still below the cost of living and is simply not enough.

We came back to the table with a revised proposal and suggested that rather than continue traditional negotiations, that we contact a Federal Mediator to help resolve our contract dispute.

We hope to schedule our next session in mid to late January, pending the availability of the mediator.

Actions you can do:

• Sticker up every day at work. Wear your WSNA stickers, badge reels, badge buddies and buttons. You can find them on your WSNA bulletin board. If you have a WSNA T-shirt, wear it at work.
• Fill out ADOs (Assignment Despite Objection forms) for unsafe staffing.  https://www.wsna.org/union/ado
• If you feel intimidated from management about your Union Support, please notify your Nurse Representative immediately. That won't be tolerated.

Facebook Group

Keep in touch by joining our Facebook Group: WSNA - Fresenius RNs

Announcing Nurse Representative Change

WSNA Representative Stephenie Troftgruben has been a registered nurse for eleven years and WSNA Nurse Rep for almost 4 years. Her background is Adult ICU nursing. She served as a WSNA officer at Good Samaritan hospital in Puyallup before coming to work at WSNA. She has represented the Harbor Regional nurses in Aberdeen and the University of Washington Northwest Hospital nurses.  She is passionate about protecting the rights of nurses under their contract and under the law and will be a strong advocate for you.

Should you have an issue you would like to address, please send an email to STroftgruben@wsna.org.

Janet Stewart has enjoyed representing you over the past 4 ½ years and will sincerely miss you. She will remain with you through negotiations along with Stephenie, though Stephenie will be handling the day-to-day union business. Janet will still work for WSNA representing other WSNA facilities nearby.

Thanks

Be sure to thank the nurses who are donating their time to serve on the bargaining team:

Elisha Knight - Float
Suzette Marengo - Tacoma South
Hyacinth Faith Bunac - Gig Harbor
Mia Guilder - Puyallup
Benicka Castilla - Tacoma East

Questions/Comments:

 Contact WSNA Nurse Representative Stephenie Troftgruben STroftgruben@wsna.org.

 For matters related to Negotiations, contact Janet Stewart JStewart@wsna.org .