We met with management for our fourth session on Tuesday, November 15.  Many of you showed up again to support your bargaining team and to observe negotiations.  Kindred increased their wage proposal by a mere 0.5% and that miniscule increase remains far from adequate to be competitive in the greater Seattle-Tacoma area. Management continues to fail to agree to a wage scale that would honor nurse’s longevity at Kindred. In short, management’s proposal continues to ensure that you will continue to fall further and further behind the area market and new hires that share your experience level.

What can you do to support your team and advocate for a fair contract?

• Join us for bargaining, next session Tuesday, Nov. 21 tentatively set for 2 p.m. Contact Sam via text or phone call for details: 425-606-7036.
  
• Sticker up and file an ADO, tell them in writing when your unit is not safely staffed. Please fill out an ADO every time you don’t have the staffing you need, you miss breaks or meals, etc. Here is the link to the online ADO form and more information about ADOs.  
  https://www.wsna.org/union/ado
  
• Attend or join Staffing Committee to help ensure bad, unsafe staffing plans don’t get adopted. We understand the next staffing meeting is on Monday, Nov. 20 at 11:30. Members of the committee must be relieved from work, and it is paid time. Please contact Sam via the number above or your Nurse Representative Sara Frey for more information or if you are turned away when trying to attend a meeting. sfrey@wsna.org

Your bargaining team - Shonsherryer Holland, Iman Zuber, Ruth Kariuki and Thandi Bilik