On Dec. 29, 2020, your contract negotiation team met with hospital management for the first time. We gave them our opening proposal which was based on your feedback provided to us in the contract negotiation survey. Our proposal is fair and calls on the hospital to make changes that attract and retain quality and committed nurses. Issues such as staffing and workplace violence dominated our initial discussion.

Our next meeting with hospital administration is set for Jan. 22, 2020.

Reminder, please make sure that we have your personal (non-work) email address. Your personal email is the fastest way to receive timely updates. Please contact your Nurse Rep to update your email address. If we have your current email and you are not receiving updates, you may need to change your email settings to allow emails from WSNA to go from junk/spam to your inbox. If you do this and are still not receiving emails, please contact WSNA and ask for the membership department. You can also view updates on the WSNA Grays Harbor Community Hospital page found on the wsna.org website.

In Solidarity,

your negotiating team: - Jason Kindle, Ryan Housden, Kala Winter, Bunni Schave, Jennifer Reynolds, Jayme Garrison, Michelle Phillips, Kim Scott, Torie Andersen

Please contact Travis Elmore, WSNA Nurse Rep, at telmore@WSNA.org or 206-575-7979 ext. 3117 with questions or to find out what you can do to get a fair contract!