On April 28, 2022, our contract bargaining team met with hospital administration for our second negotiation session. We spent a large chunk of the day engaging in a presentation from Seattle Children’s hospital administration on workplace violence. Seattle Children’s hospital administration’s presentation focused on signage, updated processes, modules and in person training related to workplace violence prevention using an anti-racist lens.

We didn’t reach any substantive tentative agreements. However, hospital administration proposed changes to low census, greater control over health testing and mandatory and voluntary furlough language. WSNA proposed that RN’s who work a 0.6 qualify for a sabbatical (currently only RNs with a 0.75 FTE or greater qualify for sabbatical).

Our next bargaining session is on May 19.

Thank you to all of the nurses who wore a “I Support My Bargaining Team” sticker on April 27 and April 28! “I Support My Bargaining Team” buttons and window/car signs are coming!

Nurses Week dinners are back!

Your WSNA officers are throwing a Nurses Week celebration at Ray’s Boathouse on May 11, 2022 from 1730-2100. You pay nothing out of pocket, just RSVP. There will be food, drink, fun and PRIZES!

To RSVP call 206-575-7979 ext. 0 (feel free to leave a message)! If you are interested in helping plan and set up, please contact Edna Cortez at ednapcortez722@gmail.com.

Contact membership@wsna.org if you are not getting postcards and emails from WSNA. Please remember to check your junk mail.

In Solidarity, your negotiating team,
Co-Chair Edna Cortez, PACU; Co-Chair Kara Yates, Medical Unit; Grievance Officer Diane Gates, PICU; Secretary/Treasurer Lindsey Kirsch, Urgent Care; Grievance Officer Erin Doyle, PATCH; Grievance Officer Samantha Lake, Operating Room; Katie Podobnik, Acute Care Float Pool; Sarah Munro, Bellevue Surgery Center; Shaina Lawson, NICU; Stefanie Chandos, ED; Annika Hoogesteraat, CVICU

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.