We met with Management on Thursday, May 22 for our 6^th joint session with UWMC Montlake and Northwest. We will meet again on June 3. With two scheduled sessions left, we remain apart in several of your key priorities. Working to secure compensation enables us to live and thrive in our community remains a top priority for our team, with that in mind we spent the morning preparing our economic counter to management’s 2% year one- and 1%-year two wages proposal.

Highlights from the session: 

• Employers are moving away from time clock rounding and changing to a minute-by-minute accounting. The Employer states that this will eliminate 28/160 scheduling option at UWMC ML. Per the employer “If you do one, you must do the other because you must reconcile your FTE within a week. Those two 100% must go together”.
• The employer’s response to our WPV proposal is allowing 2 RNs each from ML and 2 RNs from NW to sit on WPV committee, with the possibility of allowing guests to attend on unpaid time, but only with permission from the committee co-chairs (a public safety manager and a clinical nurse specialist)
• Nasty takeaway for our Per Diems: Management proposes nurses moving from a classified position to per diem lose their just cause status until 1872 hours are worked, regardless of prior length of service.

We need you to show up on our next session June 3 to show management we are worth more than 3%.

Your WSNA NW Bargaining Team:

Elizabeth Gebretsadik - LU Chair – Float
Kaitlyn Fochs - LU Vice Chair – CBC
Mary Stupek - Grievance Officer – Float
Alec Willis - Grievance Officer – Float
Trish Bouzek - Grievance Officer – SPU
Celis Serrano – LTCC
Anthony Snyder – Cath Lab

You can do three things to continue to turn the heat up on management!  

   1. Sign the Petition

Ask any bargaining team member for a petition or print a copy here! You can send petition signatures to wsna.uwnorthwest@gmail.com or text them to WSNA Organizer Zach at 206-406-7203.

   2. Share the Bargaining Updates

We have three joint sessions scheduled until your contract expires. It is crucial to read the email updates and share them on your unit with your co-workers. You can find our socials here. Don’t get WSNA emails updates? Follow this guide to whitelist newsletter@wsna.org.

   3. Wear your “I Support my Bargaining Team” Button Every Shift

It is crucial that management sees every nurse wearing one to show we are united in solidarity for a strong contract. Need a button? Email your negotiation team at wsna.uwnorthwest@gmail.com

Negotiation Dates:

April 8**
April 14 NW Team
April 17 NW Team
April 23** at UW Gateway Building
April 25** Virtual at NW Campus
May 8 Montlake Team
May 12**
May 15**
May 22**
May 27 Montlake Team
June 3**
June 17**

**Planned Joint Session

LTCC Update:

LTCC—We demanded a bargaining session to discuss the impacts of the previous layoffs that were announced. With all the concerns on the unit around staffing and patient acuity, we are having a JLM (joint labor-management) meeting on Thursday , May 29, at 1100. This meeting will be virtual and open to all nurses working at LTCC. We will also have 5 nurses from Gero Psych come and speak on concerns about the upcoming cross-training/floating.

Thursday, May 29, 2025, 11 am - Noon

https://washington.zoom.us/j/99131806157

Meeting ID: 991 3180 6157
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+12063379723,,99131806157# US (Seattle)

Prep Session prior to the meeting with management:

We will have a prep session for the JLM on Wednesday, May 28 at 10 am, the link for this is below:

You can contact WSNA Northwest Nurse Representative Stephenie Troftgruben at stroftgruben@wsna.org.