Today your bargaining team met with hospital administration for our sixth day at the bargaining table. Both sides made some movement on wages. We shared your priorities and let management know that keeping “work on day off” premium is extremely important to you. We reached a few tentative agreements including preserving bereavement leave access when a “significant person” in your life passes away, clarifying when a nurse will get paid for missing a meal period and agreeing that a nurse that leaves for another PeaceHealth facility may comeback without a loss in seniority. We also had a great discussion about mandatory overtime and how it overlaps with mandatory call and call back.

Did you know that the law restricts when mandatory OT may be used including mandatory call back that triggers OT?

We have a limited supply of lawn signs!

We have a limited number of negotiation-related yard signs available! Priority will be given to nurses who live near the hospital and major thorough fares. Contact WSNA Co-Chair Elena Brent at elenab.wsna@gmail.com if you would like a sign."

Join us Wednesday for updates, next steps, and more! 

Every week during negotiations your bargaining team will be hosting virtual union meetings on Wednesdays from 1800-1900 to give updates on negotiations, hear comments and answer questions! Join us to learn all the details about how to show your solidarity!

Meeting ID: 274 118 271 812 Passcode: fZfkNG
Dial in by phone
(888) 313-0615; 289735222#

Keep wearing your WSNA gear on negotiation days and Fridays to show your support for a fair contract!

Our next bargaining session is on September 17 with sessions on September 18 and 23 to follow. We are inviting WSNA nurses to come OBSERVE negotiations! Please fill out the form here and wait to hear from WSNA before showing up as space is limited.

Stay up to date on contract negotiations by following @wsna_stjn on Instagram! We are posting unique content there. Visit www.wsna.org/union/peacehealth-st-johns-medical-center for the latest updates as well.

Be an activist. Contact our Organizer Sammy Scholl for more ways to be involved. Cell: 425-606-7036, sscholl@wsna.org.

Contact membership@wsna.org if you are not getting emails from WSNA. Also, please remember to check your junk mail!

In Solidarity,
WSNA Co-Chair Kathy Arnesen, Surgical; WSNA Co-Chair Elena Brent, Quality Coordination; Secretary/Treasurer Karla Fowler, ICU; Grievance Officer Sharla Hixon, Cath Lab; Grievance Officer Jennifer Buckhalter, Outpatient Oncology; Jon Olson, ED; Samantha Tow, PACU; Lindsay Green, Medical Unit; Christina Jurado, Cardiology

Please contact WSNA Nurse Rep Travis Elmore Nelson 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.