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Hybrid Training- Spokane Investigation Workshop
Posted Mar 3, 2025
Have you ever been asked to meet with HR or your manager? Have you ever said yes and then left the office crying or were surprised at how you were treated? Have you ever talked with a colleague who had a similar experience?
These meetings are also known as “fact-finding meetings”, “investigatory meetings”, or “investigation interviews”. Nurses are asked to attend these when their Employer is performing an investigation, usually into an allegation of misconduct, performance issues, bullying, drug diversion, patient complaints, and many other reasons.
As union workers, you are entitled to have union representation at interviews that you have reasonable suspicion may lead to discipline or termination- these rights are known as Weingarten Rights. You must invoke these rights, and we want all nurses to know what that looks like in real time.
Join us on Friday, March 7, 2025, from 1:30-3 pm for a hybrid format, free training on investigation interviews. This workshop is a nurse training led by Tristan Twohig RN, grievance officer at Holy Family, and WSNA Nurse Rep Alle Machorro. We will be deep diving into these meetings, to see how nurses can best represent themselves and support their colleagues if they are called to meet with HR or management. Weingarten rights will be reviewed along with a practical demonstration of an investigation interview.
Sign up here and let us know if you’ll be attending virtually or in person. In person training will be held at the Downtown Central Library at 906 W Main Ave in Spokane, WA. Room Central Event B is the large meeting room on the North side of the library on the main floor.
Questions about the workshop? Contact WSNA Nurse Representative Alle Machorro at amachorro@wsna.org.
Other questions? Contact your WSNA Nurse Representative.
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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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