Chair
Susan Babcock
Officers
Vice Chair
Sue Starr, PHN
WSNA staff contact
WSNA staff contact
Grace Jones, RN
Nurse Representative
Contract
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Latest update
Temporary Staffing MOU
Posted Sep 18, 2023
In the transition agreement for the Snohomish County Health District, some items from the previous contract were not added to the current contract. While most will be negotiated during our upcoming contract bargaining in the next few months, there was an urgent need to fill vital roles with temporary staff. We worked with the District to create a Memorandum of Understanding that covers the need to add additional staff on a temporary basis with the goal of hiring permanent staff into those positions as quickly as possible. Much of the language is the same as the previous contract. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your Local Unit Officers or your WSNA Nurse Representative, Grace Jones at gjones@wsna.org.
Contract Negotiations are Coming Up!
We will begin negotiating our new contract soon! Please get in touch with your Nurse Representative or your Local Unit Officers to discuss any issues you would like to see addressed in bargaining. If there was anything you didn't have a chance to bring up during our survey earlier this year, we want hear from you.
Previous updates
Change of Nurse Rep
Jul 10, 2023
Contract Negotiations are Right Around the Corner
Jun 21, 2023
News and announcements
Apr 24, 2023
It’s time to elect your WSNA Officers!
Mar 16, 2023
You have a contract!
Dec 09, 2022
Important - Come and Vote!
Dec 06, 2022
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Supporting Nurses Health and Well-Being: The Path Forward
Oct 19, 2023 - Oct 20, 2023
11.25 CNE contact hours
Supporting Nurses Health and Well-Being: The Path Forward will both celebrate nurses and address some of our most challenging issues.
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Resources and tools
Document unsafe conditions
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.
Representation rights
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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