Announcing WSNA - Virginia Mason Medical Center Bargaining Unit Picket
Call to Action at Virginia Mason Medical Center, VMFH – Support your peers!
WSNA Info Picket: Friday, 10/30, from 7-9 am and noon-2 pm! Wear your WSNA clothing!
Location – VMMC on Seneca between 9th and Boren!
Your fellow VMMC nurses have been negotiating with Virginia Mason since mid-June asking the hospital, among other proposals, to commit to:
- Providing nurses with ability to take all their legally required breaks without worrying about their patients' safety or violating the staffing plan
- Staffing units according to the staffing plan the hospital developed with nurses, not to productivity metrics that come from corporate HQ
- Asking the hospital to follow Washington's staffing law all day, on every unit, throughout every shift.
Does this sound familiar?
If you would like to read more about what nurses are fighting for, you can read the bargaining updates here: https://www.wsna.org/union/virginia-mason-medical-center/past-updates
SJMC and St. Clare nurses share the same concerns around staffing and other issues. You will be bargaining your next contract in late 2027. Successes at the table at VMMC have the potential to benefit SJMC and St Clare's next year.
Whether you can attend the picket or not, please SIGN THIS COMMUNITY PETITION to stand with nurses at VMMC.
https://www.wsna.org/action-alerts/2026/stand-with-nurses-at-virginia-mason
Opportunity to enjoy MOD Pizza and raise funds for RONA - October 24
ADOs - Assignment Despite Objection
Thank you to those who have submitted ADOs for staffing concerns, missed breaks, use of break buddies, workplace violence and more. We have been having thoughtful and meaningful discussion at the monthly Hospital Staffing Committee meetings. We work together to find solutions to resolve these ADOs.
Here is the link and QR Code for the ADO forms:
Find your Contract and Union Contacts Here: St Clare Hospital - WSNA
WSNA Nurse Representative Janet Stewart [email protected]
Co-Chair Clairissa (Clair) Korrell, ICU
Co-Chair Devon Tallman, ICU
Secretary Kimberley Russel, Ortho
Treasurer Autumn (Nikki) Wright, Peri-Op
Grievance Officer Tiffany Stephansky, ED
Grievance Officer Erin Stoner, ED