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Chris Jakubowski
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WSNA at UWMC Bargaining Update
Posted Oct 2, 2025
October 2, 2025
We reconvened today with the Employer for a full day of mediation. This was our first session since August 13. The state mediator is a neutral professional who works for Washington’s labor relations agency. We provided her with a background on our bargaining history and the proposals that have been exchanged to date.
The mediator met separately with both the management team and your nurse bargaining team. She outlined her perspective on the legal challenges and bargaining realities facing the parties in light of the employer’s timeline to eliminate flexible scheduling. UWMC is planning to start scheduling in November in order to roll out the new system on Feb. 16, 2026.
In August, the nurses voted and rejected the tentative agreement (TA). Today, your nurse bargaining team put forward a new package of proposals to try and improve on the TA. Management has not yet engaged with our new proposals. Mediations can be slow starting. We are looking forward to working with the mediator and the employer to reach a new TA.
We are scheduled for a second day of mediation on October 14. Stay tuned for more updates and information on how you can engage and advocate for an improved contract.
Your bargaining team is committed to reaching a TA that it can fully recommend to the nurses for a YES vote.
Coffee Sip and Chat next week!
You are invited to come meet with your Bargaining Team and Contract Action Team members this next Wednesday October 8.
We will be in the rear of Cafeteria from 1 to 2:30 pm and then at the 3rd Floor Lobby Espresso stand from 9 to 10:30 pm for eve and night shift folks.
Show up and get a free drink of your choice. We will also be handing out WSNA T-shirts for you to wear for upcoming WSNA Actions.
Show up and get informed.
Your WSNA Bargaining Team
Chris Jakubowski - LU Chair - Cath Lab
Doug Harper - Secretary/Treasurer- 4SA NICU
Jan Bower - Grievance Officer – OR
Erika Speckhardt - Unit Rep - 5SA CTICU
Melissa Sanchez - Unit Rep - 6S L&D
Lizzy Ryden - Unit Rep – ED
Melissa Humphrey - Unit Rep - Digestive Health
Sorrel Orr - Unit Rep - 7SE
Mark Beaumont - 5SA CTICU
WSNA staff contact
Ed Zercher, BSN, RN
Nurse Representative
Previous updates
Contract Negotiations Update
Sep 16, 2025
WSNA at UWMC Montlake Bargaining Update
Sep 02, 2025
WSNA at UWMC Montlake Amended Vote Summary
Aug 22, 2025
Read the full TA Summary + Town Halls starting tonight at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Aug 21, 2025
UWMC Bargaining Update - Tentative Agreement Redline + Voting Details
Aug 19, 2025
WSNA at UWMC ML Bargaining Update
Aug 15, 2025
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Document unsafe conditions
If you find yourself in a situation that you believe creates unsafe conditions for patients or for you, you should complete a Staffing Complaint / ADO Form as soon as possible.
By completing the form, you will help make the problem known to management, creating an opportunity for the problem to be addressed. Additionally, you will be documenting the facts, which may be helpful to you later if there is a negative outcome.
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If called into a meeting with management, read the following to management when the meeting begins:
If this discussion could in any way lead to my being disciplined or terminated, I respectfully request that my union representative be present at this meeting. Without representation present, I choose not to participate in this discussion.
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