SCH Fun Financial Fact #1

Children’s has 342 days of cash on hand. That means that if Children’s made no money starting today, it would still have enough money at its disposal to pay for all of its operations (including payroll) without selling any buildings or land for nearly a full year. (Citation: Seattle Children's Healthcare System Financial Statements FY22 Q1 and Q2). By comparison, Virginia Mason has 152 days cash on hand. (Citation: from Virginia Mason’s financial statements.)

We put down our opening economic proposals. We went bold: knowing how wealthy Children’s is and how many staff openings we have and how nurses have been winning solid, strong raises throughout Washington State and elsewhere, we put down a proposal with double-digit increases for each of three years. We also proposed increases to several premiums and differentials based on recent victories achieved by other nurses. Talk to a bargaining team member for more information!

No Retaliation for ADOs!

We notified management that a director has been intimidating nurses into not filing Assignment Despite Objection forms. It is your right under federal and state law to file an ADO and it is illegal to discriminate or retaliate against a nurse for doing it. Protect your license: keep filing ADOs every time staffing or other conditions are unsafe. Without them, management insists that staffing is fine because they’re not getting complaints. If you have been threatened or persuaded against filing an ADO, notify an officer or Nurse Representative Travel Elmore (info below).

Our next bargaining session is on May 26, 2022.

Thank you to all of the nurses who attended the Nurses Week celebration at Ray’s Boathouse on May 11! We had a great time celebrating NURSES!

“I Support My Bargaining Team” buttons and window/car signs ARE HERE!

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, Ambulatory; 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!