On February 9, 2024, our contract negotiation team met with PeaceHealth Southwest management for our fourth day of in person negotiations and it was yet another disappointing day. WSNA and PeaceHealth agreed to tentative agreements on nonfinancial proposals related to conference committee and orientation. We also discussed workplace violence and will be putting forth a proposal focused on holding management accountable for keeping you safe on the job.

We are three weeks away from contract expiration and for yet another session management withheld their proposals related to wages, premiums, and other economic items. PeaceHealth also continues to say no to the minimum staffing standards that your colleagues in Oregon will have this year. This is why we need every single WSNA RN to sign our petition! Once we get enough signatures, we will be presenting the petitions to management. Contact one of the negotiation team members or WSNA Organizer Sam Scholl for copies or to sign the petition.

Sip and Chat

Our next “Sip and Chat” update is tomorrow! While we are in negotiations, bargaining team members will be hosting informal union meetings with WSNA members every Tuesday night. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 13, “Sip and Chats” will occur every Tuesday from 1800-1930 while we are in negotiations. Click the button to join via Microsoft Teams or call in (206) 485-2614; Passcode: 864004705# to join.

WSNA is requesting that EVERY NURSE wear a “I Support My Bargaining Team" sticker on negotiation days. Please contact a member of the bargaining team or WSNA Organizer Sam Scholl for a sticker.

Send us your pictures or share on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/phsw_nurses/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D.

Please follow “Vancouver RN’s Care for US” on Facebook.

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

We have 4 bargaining sessions left before the contract expires! They are on February 12, 21, 23 and 26!

To observe bargaining, email sscholl@wsna.org to RSVP.

Yard Signs and Car Signs should be here by February 20! Stay tuned.

Become a member, make our voice stronger! https://www.wsna.org/membership/application

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 Didi Gray, Family Birth; WSNA Co-Chair Dawn Merick, Resource team; Secretary/Treasurer Duncan Camacho, ICU; Grievance Officer Erin Irwin, CVICU; Member at Large Talitha Wilson, ED; Dillon LeSieur, RRT/Critical Care; Dustin Weddle, ED; Jeryl Anderson, Case Management; Brooke Churchman, Home Hospice; Samantha Golden, IMCU; Joan Ngarachu, PACU; Toutu Rekucki, 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.