Elizabeth Gebretsadik
Float Pool
Posted Jul 2, 2025
The NW bargaining team met with management yesterday, June 30, 2025, the day before our contract expired, to bargain for the best contract possible. Your bargaining team is advocating not only a fair wage increase but premiums that would incentivize and help retain staff, and safe working conditions that allow nurses to receive their meal and rest breaks. Here is what the team is working towards:
Our next session is July 15. We need your help to keep the pressure on the administration! Here is what you can do:
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You can contact WSNA Northwest Nurse Representative Stephenie Troftgruben at stroftgruben@wsna.org.
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If you find yourself in a situation that you believe creates unsafe conditions for patients or for you, you should complete a Staffing Complaint / ADO Form as soon as possible.
By completing the form, you will help make the problem known to management, creating an opportunity for the problem to be addressed. Additionally, you will be documenting the facts, which may be helpful to you later if there is a negative outcome.
WSNA also uses your ADO forms to track the problems occurring in your facility. When you and your coworkers take the important step of filling out an ADO form, you are helping to identify whether there is a pattern of unsafe conditions for you or your patients at your facilities. This information is used by your conference committee, staffing committee, and WSNA labor staff to improve your working conditions.
As a union member, you have the right to have a representative present in any meetings with management that could potentially lead to disciplinary action against you.
If called into a meeting with management, read the following to management when the meeting begins:
If this discussion could in any way lead to my being disciplined or terminated, I respectfully request that my union representative be present at this meeting. Without representation present, I choose not to participate in this discussion.
Find out more about this crucial right and how to exercise it to ensure your fair treatment and protection.
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