This month our colleagues at Tacoma General start bargaining. We’re sending them solidarity and support as they fight for a fair contract - their wins at the bargaining table impact us when we go to negotiate next year. Want to send a message of support for our TG nurse colleagues as they start bargaining? You can write a message here for the TG negotiations team to show MultiCare that we are united across units for our patients, coworkers, and community.

WSNA Shirt Sign-Up

It’s time to start ordering our next batch of WSNA shirts! Please fill out this order form to make sure we have enough sizes for everyone. If you have a shirt from last year, you’re encouraged to keep wearing it on Blue Fridays! You can send us pics of your unit decked out in WSNA blue to our Instagram, @gsh_wsna.

Virtual Unit Rep Trainings: Keep Our Union Strong

Want to be more involved in our WSNA union but don’t know how? Have you been a unit rep in the past but need a refresher on what the job should look like? Just want to find out what being a unit rep is all about? Come join us for our virtual unit rep trainings this fall!

The training covers the basics of contract enforcement and workplace organizing. Topics include:

- The role of a Unit Rep
- Our rights at work
- Just cause discipline
- Internal issue organizing for your unit- Actions during contract campaigns

We’ll be holding virtual training sessions for about an hour on these dates:

- Tuesday October 14, 0900
- Wednesday October 15, 1900
- Tuesday October 21, 1200

Click this link to sign up.

Reach out to WSNA Organizer Grace at glamonte@wsna.org with any questions, or if you can’t make one of the listed training dates but would like to know more.

Last Chance to Submit the Negotiations Survey!

Our negotiations survey sets our priorities in the upcoming contract cycle. What matters the most to you? What changes do you want to see us address? Let us know your thoughts in our bargaining survey. The survey responses are only shared with the negotiations team and WSNA staff.

You can fill out the survey here. Five survey respondents will win an item of their choice from the new WSNA store!

WSNA Lobby Day: Stand Up for Nursing in Olympia

The Washington State Legislature's 2026 session begins on Monday, January 12, 2026, where they will convene in Olympia for 60 days. Join us for WSNA's 2026 Nurse Lobby Day in Olympia on Thursday, January 29. You can register for Lobby Day here.

First, we will kick off the day at 7:30 a.m. with breakfast at the DoubleTree by Hilton Olympia. This will be followed by an education and training session designed to equip nurses with everything needed to speak effectively with legislators. Lunch will be served and from there nurses head up to the Capitol to visit with their own state legislators on issues important to nurses.

Your strong voices and subject matter expertise can make a meaningful impact in Olympia. By attending Lobby Day, you will learn more about WSNA’s legislative priorities and how to advocate for the changes necessary to protect nurses and ensure patient safety. Your voice is critical.

For questions related to this event, please email gov@wsna.org.

Reminder for Consecutive Weekend Pay Arbitration

Remember to contact your manager if you believe that you are owed consecutive weekend pay under the recent arbitration decision. Under this decision, the arbitrator ruled that MultiCare must pay:

• All nurses who picked up additional weekend shifts, worked consecutive weekends, who submitted claims for CWP and whose claims were denied on or after March 7, 2024;
• All nurses who picked up additional weekend shifts, worked consecutive weekends, who did NOT submit claims for CWP and who thus did not get paid CWP, since March 7, 2024.

If you believe that you are owed consecutive weekend pay under this decision, please contact your manager first. If they deny you unjustly or are unwilling to help you, please reach out to WSNA Rep. Travis Elmore Nelson by October 31, 2025. He can be reached at 206-575-7979 ext. 3117 or telmore@wsna.org.

Stay in the Loop!

As our contract negotiations approach, it’s crucial that every nurse stays informed on what’s happening at the bargaining table and beyond. Contract ratification this year will likely be virtual, so we need accurate email addresses to ensure you can get your ballot later!

If you’re not getting email updates from WSNA, check your junk and spam folders. Please make sure to stay subscribed to WSNA for important Local Unit Updates - unsubscribing to one WSNA email unsubscribes you from all future updates. You can update your contact information here. Stay up to date on our Instagram, @gsh_wsna, or ask a coworker to add you to our private Facebook group.

Together, in solidarity, we protect our patients, our community, and each other.

In solidarity,

Ilia Mondoy, Co-Chair; Savanah James, Co-Chair; Mindy Thornton, Secretary; Aaron Bradley, Treasurer; Atalia Lapkin, Grievance Officer; Emalie Ann Hobi, Grievance Officer; Amber-Dawn Wilson, Grievance Officer; and Ruth Gelbach, Membership Officer

Questions? Contact one of your officers or Nurse Rep Travis Elmore Nelson

Know a coworker who isn’t in our union at Good Sam, or a nurse who doesn’t have a union where they work? Reach out to organize@wsna.org and an organizer will reach out to you!