WSNA and the Union Coalition have been negotiating on your behalf since May 2024 and we recommend a YES vote on this contract.

Though we were not able to get all the things we wanted, we pushed hard until the final day.

We will bring the articles with changes to the vote for nurses to review.

Here are the highlights:

• 3% Wage increase July 1, 2025; 2% Wage increase July 1, 2026.
• RN 2 - One pay range increase from 68 N to 69 N.
• HOT OFF THE PRESS- As of 9/20/24- RN 3 to get one pay range increase
• MOU which provides an additional $1/hour to evening and night shift workers
• Maintenance of the 24/7 MOU which pays a 5% premium to facilities such as ours. The takeaway is that it will not cover OT hours.
• Adding steps to the N1 Pay Scale which formerly didn't exist (ghost steps): Steps 14, 17 and 23.
• New language for Voluntary OT. Facilities will be required to offer OT shifts to all staff prior to agency. It designates that OT shifts can be offered to All classifications of RNs after a priority 24 hour window reserved for on-call nurses. Once the shift has been awarded to a FT or PT nurse, the shift cannot be taken away and given to an On Call or agency nurse.
• Kept current contract language 5.4B regarding availability for On Call nurses.
• Increase in the L & I Risk Class Code from $500 to $750 (Article 41.32) which nurses qualify for on July 1 of each year.

Voting will take place this Tuesday, September 24, 2024, in the Marine Room. Times are from 0630-9 am and 5:30-7 pm.

To vote on the contract, you MUST be a due paying WSNA member. You may sign up in person at the vote.

Questions? Contact your WSNA Nurse Representative Alle Machorro at amachorro@wsna.org.