Your WSNA bargaining team recently met with SRHD management to continue negotiations for a new contract. Here are a few key updates from the session.

Wages: We proposed 3.25%, 3%, and 2.5% increases, and modified the PHN market adjustment to 4% in year one and 1% in year two. We will continue working toward a proposal that helps close the market gap while finding a pathway for a fair contract.

Preceptors: We discussed expectations for nurses serving as preceptors. Your team emphasized the need for clear guidance and a checklist of responsibilities so nurses understand what is expected when orienting new hires.

Bilingual Pay: Discussions continue around how nurses demonstrate language proficiency and ensuring the process is fair and practical. Your team is advocating for contract language that allows nurses to demonstrate proficiency through mutually acceptable methods, not solely certification, while also ensuring nurses are not required to communicate in another language unless appropriately recognized and compensated.

Negotiations are ongoing, and we will continue advocating for fair compensation, safe working conditions, and clear expectations for nurses.

Our next bargaining session is scheduled for March 27, 2027

Not a member? No problem! You can still sign up for membership so that YOUR voice is heard, and you vote on the upcoming contract. Visit https://www.wsna.org/membership/application to get started!

Join Us April 26-28 at WSNA Leadership Conference!

TWO Full Scholarships are available from WSNA’s Labor Executive Council. Contact your Nurse Rep to take advantage of this great, FREE opportunity!

Located at the Wenatchee Convention Center, steps from the Columbia River.

Now more than ever, unions need strong leaders like you.

This conference is your chance to hear the latest about the labor movement, build power together and recharge for the challenges ahead. Level up your Leadership skills by hearing from state and national labor leaders and celebrating union nurses who have taken the lead over the past two years.

Registration is open! Click here to begin.

Scholarships are available is for two nurses from the Spokane Regional HD to attend and will cover cost of registration, travel, food and lodging. First come, first serve. Email Jaclyn Smedley Nurse Rep at jsmedley@wsna.org to secure this amazing opportunity!

Officer positions are available!

Want to get involved and join the WSNA Officers? We’d love to have you! Open positions include: WSNA local unit cochair (soon), staffing committee cochair, new hire membership steward (connects with new members, attends New Hire Orientation)

Contact Nurse Rep Jaclyn Smedley at jsmedley@wsna.org to get started!

Questions? Comments? Contact one of your WSNA officers or your nurse rep, Jaclyn Smedley BSN, RN at jsmedley@wsna.org