Yesterday, hundreds of nurses, community members, labor allies, elected officials, neighbors, family members, dogs, and kids united at our informational picket to show MultiCare what we have been saying since the start of negotiations: Good Sam Nurses Deserve Respect.

Our next bargaining session is on June 2 at MultiCare University. Observers are welcome starting at 10am to see how MultiCare responds to our show of unity and strength. We expect them to come to bargaining and engage seriously with our proposals on staffing, wages, scheduling, discrimination, and charge nurse work.

Check out our media coverage of the picket in the Tacoma News Tribune and Fox 13 News!

Picket Sign Contest Submissions! 

We LOVED seeing everyone's funny and creative signs at the picket. Send a picture of yours to GSHaction@wsna.org to get entered in a contest where two winners will receive a 50-dollar Michaels gift card!

Union Allies Across Washington Support Us

We are so grateful to all of the union allies that took the time to come and stand with us on the picket line yesterday! We loved seeing our SEIU colleagues who are also fighting the good fight with MultiCare, the wonderful firefighters at IAFF Local 3520 who delivered coffee, our WSNA colleagues from Seattle Children's and St. Joes Tacoma, UFCW 3000, and anyone else we might have missed.

President of the Pierce County Central Labor Council Alice Phillips and Secretary-Treasurer of the Washington State Labor Council Cherika Carter also came and offered words of solidarity at our rally.

Union members from across the state and beyond have our back!

Op-Ed from Bargaining Team Member: 

‘Colored nurses?’ Do better Good Samaritan Hospital

Bargaining team member Jacqueline Dynes wrote an op-ed for the Tacoma News Tribune on MultiCare's recent agenda item referencing "colored nurses". You can read the op-ed here.

Stay connected: Follow us on socials! 

For more picket photos, updates from the bargaining team, and MultiCare memes, follow our Instagram @gsh_wsna. To join our private Facebook group, add our membership officer Ruth Gelbach's WSNA profile as a friend here, and send her a DM to ask to join the member-only group. You can also download the Signal app and join our members-only group chat here for real-time answers to questions.

Virtual Union Meeting Tonight, 5/28

While we are in negotiations, bargaining team members are hosting informal union meetings with WSNA members. “Sip and Chats” occur every Thursday from 2000-2100 while we are in negotiations. Click this link to join via Microsoft Teams or call in (206) 485-2614; Passcode: 44078739# to join.

In Solidarity, your WSNA Bargaining Team:  
Co-Chair Savanah James, PCU; Treasurer Aaron Bradley, Palliative Care; Secretary Mindy Groven, PACU; Grievance Officer Emalie Hobi, ED; Jordan Goakey, Family Birth; Nicole Mandeville, ICU; Jennifer Hudson, ED; Jacqueline Dynes, ICU.

Please contact Travis Elmore Nelson, WSNA Nurse Rep, at telmore@WSNA.org with questions or to find out what you can do to get a fair contract!