• Management’s wage proposal came up a little but is still below other nearby contracts are settling at and not what nurses are telling us would be enough to retain them.
  • 6% second full pay period after ratification.
    • No retro pay.
    • 4% next summer, first full pay period after July 1, 2022.
  • 4% & 4% first full pay period after Nov. 1, 2022 and 2023 respectively.
• Management continues to refuse to agree Per Diem nurses would be treated like all other nurses that cannot be disciplined or discharged without just cause.
• Management still has not provided any substantive proposals to improve staffing even though ADOs reporting patient safety concerns have increased significantly.
• Safety of nurses inside and outside of the hospital is serious. Providing whistles for nurses to blow is not a solution.
• We need management to do more, do better.

Strike preparation is underway and strike assessment is happening now. If you have not signed a strike pledge yet or would like to be trained how to do strike assessments, please contact Grace LaMonte at GLaMonte@wsna.org

In Solidarity,

Your negoti­ating team: Dian Davis, Linda Burbank, Yunna Flenord, Brandon Hardaway, Katy Heffernan, Matthew McGuire, Shelly Mead, Chelsey Roos, Emily D’Anna, Ken Richardson, Sally Budack, Naomi Kincade

Questions? Contact WSNA Nurse Repre­sen­ta­tive Barbara Friesen at bfriesen@wsna.org.