Posted Jul 21, 2022
What’s going on today?
We continue to engage in robust discussion around wages and economics in an effort to bridge large gaps between our position and where the employer is on wages and economics. We have reached a couple of tentative agreements on language and will continue to work in the hope of achieving more.
We continue to push for compensation that rewards experienced Children's nurses and lifts up newer nurses’ wages enough so that they can to afford to live in the community. We want Seattle Children’s to once again be a hospital that attracts great nurses from across the country.
Get ready for the Information Picket!
The WSNA bargaining team has scheduled an informational picket for August 9, 2022 in front of the hospital. If you haven’t signed the picket pledge for August 9 yet, find a unit rep, officer, bargaining team member or save and send this fillable pledge form and sign up now! You may also contact Nurse Rep Travis Elmore Nelson at telmore@wsna.org,
There will be 2 windows of time to join the picket 0600-0900 and 1200-1500. WE NEED EVERY NURSE ON THE PICKET LINE! Our strength is in our UNITY!
Click here to read our recently published Information Picket FAQ’s
What else?
A lot has happened, and we are just getting started:
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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 Nelson, 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!