Your WSNA negotiating team wrapped up day 7 of contract negotiations and is turning up the heat! We are keeping the pressure on and moving the work forward. We made significant proposals that will ensure WSNA gets to meet with every newly hired RN at St. Luke’s. It’s critical for people to know from day 1 the benefit they gain from becoming a WSNA member. We continue to push for orientation and training language that we feel clearly defines the expectation around these processes and provides a path for nurses to pursue when they are put in situations for which they haven’t been properly trained. Preceptor definitions and premiums continue to be negotiated to capture the hard work you all are doing. WSNA continues to propose language that has travel nurses being sent home first for low census. We believe that travel nurses should NOT be treated more favorably than core nurses and that continuing to give daily layoffs to our FTE nurses does not reflect a commitment that is reciprocal to the commitment that FTE nurses make to St. Luke’s.

Your WSNA team pushed hard on management on wages. Nurses at Providence St. Luke’s should receive wages that recruit and retain and are competitive with other facilities in town. Administration continues to insist, with no real justification, that Providence St. Luke’s nurses be paid far less than their colleagues at Sacred Heart and Holy Family. Our presentation last session demonstrates that St. Luke’s has a continuous loss of RNs since 2021 and we feel strongly that this is a reflection largely in part of poor compensation.

Pictured above are your local officers from the last negotiations, Jeff Dubrawski, Allison White, Megan Iata, and Erika Lee. Anne Shepard came to observe and support the team.

How to support your bargaining team

1. On bargaining days- wear your WSNA T shirt, button or sticker to show you stand with your team. Take a picture with your coworkers and send it to Nurse Rep Alle Machorro, 206-707-2048.
2. Union Membership- Join WSNA today. When you become a member it shows management that nurses are paying attention.
3. Attending a bargaining session as an observer. July 25 is our next session
4. Read the latest newsletter about your Employer and grievances.

In Solidarity,
Jeff Dubrawski RN WSNA Chair
Megan Iata RN WSNA Co-Chair
Erika Lee RN WSNA Treasurer
Allison White RN WSNA Secretary
Noel Wise RN WSNA Grievance Officer

Contact your WSNA Nurse Representative Alle Machorro with any questions or to get signed up to observe at amachorro@wsna.org or 206-707-2048.

For more information on how you can get involved: Ryan Rosenkranz, WSNA Organizer, rrosenkranz@wsna.org.