Our WSNA Negotiating Team of RNs from WhidbeyHealth met with hospital management on March 20, 2019, for our fourth session.

After waiting all this time, management came back with a proposal for 0% wage increases and a 1-year contract, plus no consideration for our other premiums. This is extremely disappointing and we expressed our shock and outrage to Management.

Management also repeated that there is not a staffing problem at this Hospital, despite the staffing concerns we have repeatedly raised.

We have reached agreement on some articles but still have a long way to go. When pressed, management was forced to acknowledge that overtime continues to be a problem in the MAC and have backed off their proposal to remove the overtime premium.

PTO DONATIONS: We need your help! We nurses on the WSNA Bargaining Team are using our own PTO or taking No Pay to attend negotiations. Please donate as much PTO as you can, but 1 hour is the minimum you can donate.

Will you be a PTO Donation Ambassador? We are asking for nurses to be their unit’s PTO Donation Ambassador, to go out and help secure PTO donations to help our negotiating team members get some compensation for missed hours. Contact Local Unit Chair Gwen Parrick if you are interested at: gwensparrick@hotmail.com.

Also, the unit that raises the most PTO hours will get a prize! (based on donations by unit/number of nurses, so smaller units have just as good a shot at winning!)

In solidarity:

Gwen Parrick, RN, Quality, Local Unit Chair