Dear Nurse Colleagues,

We came to a Tentative Agreement (TA) after six sessions and recommend a “YES” vote.

The ratification vote will be on Tuesday, 10/11 from noon to 1600.
Location: Rainier Olympic Nurses Association Office at 4115 Bridgeport Way W Suite F, University Place, WA 98466

Highlights:

• Ratification bonus of $1,600 for *all* nurses, regardless of FTE.
• Preceptor pay increase to $2.00 an hour, up from $1.50.
• No takeaways from last contract.
• Kept Rest Between Shifts language in the contract
• Fought off management’s attempt to remove the contract language which won many of us a pay increase and resulted in a monetary settlement in January, “An existing nurse’s hourly rate shall not be less than newly hired nurses with comparable or less experience."
• Increased number of union representatives at the quarterly Nurse Practice Committee Meetings.
• Contract expires October 2025.

Wages:

Year 1: 2% the first full pay period after ratification and another 2% after the first full pay period after 1/15/23

Year 2: 2.5% first full pay period after 10/1/23

Year 3: 2.5% first full pay period after 10/1/24.

This was a hard-fought and difficult set of negotiations. We carried the work throughout the pandemic, we were constantly short, always showed up, and gave the best care. Fresenius doesn’t run without nurses.

In Solidarity,
Your Negotiations Team:
Suzette Marengo (Tacoma South Center)
Elisha Knight (Mount Rainier Center & Float)
Mia Guilder (Puyallup Center)
Sarrel Rico (Gig Harbor Center & Acute Inpatient Float)

Questions? Contact WSNA Nurse Representative Janet Stewart at jstewart@wsna.org or WSNA Organizer Zach Seikel at zseikel@wsna.org.