One round of local unit meetings is never enough
Posted Nov 3, 2025
As a follow up to the in-person union meeting series we held in PACCAR last week, please join us during virtual options this week:
Thursday Nov 6 at 4 pm
Friday Nov 7 at noon
Microsoft Teams
Join the meeting now
Meeting ID: 260 019 490 511 5
Passcode: oP7GM9Av
Dial in by phone
+1 206-485-2614,,382282842# United States, Seattle
(888) 313-0615,,382282842# United States (Toll-free)
Find a local number
Phone conference ID: 382 282 842#
Join with the option that works with your schedule to review:
- FAQs about what we know so far about open enrollment
- Active contract grievances
- Assignment despite objection (ADO) forms various applications
- Break relief role
- Representational rights for investigatory meetings
- Membership strength
- 2026 union steward trainings
In the interim, please sign the petition in solidarity for your approved staffing plans and complete the brief mid-contract survey. Preservation of your department staffing plans ALWAYS requires vigilance! There is plenty of local unit work going on… even when bargaining is not. Your current contract expires in May of 2027. In this period between bargaining cycles, the focus is upon contract enforcement, upholding your union rights and unifying around issues that are deeply and broadly experienced within and across all departments. There are also QR codes on most all break room boards. Sign the petition and take the survey now:
Questions? Contact your WSNA local unit officers or Nurse Representative with questions. You can find contact info, your 2024-2027 union contract, and all communications to Overlake RNs on your WSNA webpage:
https://www.wsna.org/union/overlake-hospital-medical-center
In unity,
Chris Birchem, Chair, OSS
Heidi Scharnitzke, Secretary, Labor and Delivery
Crissy Sekine, Treasurer, IMI
Stacey Alvarez, Grievance officer, ED
Katie Gugliotta, Grievance officer, ED
Brandon Yokoyama, Membership co-officer, ED
Michael Golembo, Membership co-officer, IMI
Tara Barnes, Nurse Representative, tbarnes@wsna.org
If you use social media, please join the private WSNA FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/OverlakeRNs
And follow us on Instagram https://www.facebook.com/groups/OverlakeRNs