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Tentative Agreement reached in Sacred Heart nurses contract negotiations

Press release

After 14 months of negotiations with Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, Washington State Nurses Association reached a Tentative Agreement with management at 3 a.m. on Tuesday, January 7 that protects sick time and includes staffing and workplace safety language.

January 7, 2020

Progress in negotiations results in postponement of strike date

Press release

After ongoing discussions, the three unions representing 13,000 health care workers at 13 Providence hospitals statewide have agreed to pause plans to announce a strike. The parties have made significant progress on key issues.

January 3, 2020

Strike date set: Nurses and healthcare workers at Sacred Heart, Holy Family to announce strike plan Jan. 3

Press release

The nurses and healthcare workers of the Washington State Nurses Association, UFCW 21 and SEIU Healthcare 1199NW will announce their intent to strike in press conferences Friday, Jan. 3 to be held in Seattle and Spokane.

January 2, 2020

What does it mean to be a nursing leader?

Some say you must earn accolades for your accomplishments, be highly educated or hold a formal title. I disagree with all the above being a requirement to call yourself a leader. I say it matters more what you do.ws

January 2, 2020

WSNA wins injunction protecting your privacy and safety

The Washington State Nurses Association and other unions representing public employees have won an injunction protecting your rights to privacy and safety.

December 28, 2019

The truth about Providence Sacred Heart

When you see stories about Sacred Heart, we want you to ask yourself a simple question: “Who should I trust—the nurses in my community or a corporate PR department in Seattle?”

December 13, 2019

Nurses respond to misleading information on Providence Sacred Heart financials

The Spokesman-Review’s story “Operating in the red: Providence Sacred Heart has been losing money since 2016” is incomplete, misleading, and timed to hurt Spokane nurses who are negotiating for a fair contract.

December 11, 2019

Kadlec nurses ratify contract

Press release

By an overwhelming majority, the WSNA-represented registered nurses at Providence Kadlec Regional Medical Center have ratified a new 3-year contract.

December 10, 2019

Unity commitment announced for patient care and safety by three unions at Providence

In a historic moment, UFCW 21, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW and WSNA leadership have pledged to coordinate efforts that will move us all forward as healthcare workers and achieve the critical advances needed at Providence to provide better patient care and safety.

December 10, 2019

Why I changed to a 'yes' vote on the TA at Kadlec

After the local union meeting and further reflection, I’m moving my vote from “no” to “yes” for the current Tentative Agreement. This is a mixture of good counter-arguments to my concerns, further elaboration of opinions of our negotiation team, and a healthy dose of “mental chess” looking at strike strategy.

December 8, 2019

The push to recognize the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps as veterans

It was June 1944, the country was at war, and Marge Batey was graduating from St. Patrick’s Academy in Sidney, Nebraska. The boys from her high school class were heading into the military, off to the battlefields of World War II. Batey was heading to the Sacred Heart School of Nursing in Spokane.

November 27, 2019

Tentative agreement a major victory for Kadlec nurses

Press release

In a major victory for Kadlec nurses, the Washington State Nurses Association and Providence Kadlec Regional Medical Center reached a tentative contract agreement last night.

November 26, 2019

In Memoriam: Barbara Frye, BSN, RN

A consummate nurse and union leader who believed that nurses must represent nurses, Barbara served on the staff of the Washington State Nurses Association for 20 years.

November 21, 2019

15,000 nurses and healthcare workers at Providence-owned hospitals ready to strike

Press release

SEATTLE—In a press conference held today outside Swedish Medical Center First Hill Campus, nurses and other healthcare workers representing caregivers from three unions announced their readiness to strike if parent company Providence does not come back to the bargaining table with fair contract proposals.

November 15, 2019

Letter from a NICU Nanny to Providence executives

Please take a good hard look at what your nurses are doing — listen to them and start to run a kinder and more humane benefits program.

November 15, 2019

Fighting for my coworkers and my patients

Our patients deserve us at our best. If Providence wishes to continue delivering its promise of “quality, compassionate health care for everyone,” they should want us at our best, too.

November 12, 2019

Our patients deserve us at our best

We deserve to be appreciated. We deserve to be able to take a “mental health day”, or to stay home with our sick kids if they need us. We deserve to feel safe when we go to work. We deserve safe staffing, to be able to provide the very best care possible for our patients. We deserve these things, but most importantly, our patients…

November 7, 2019

The Heart of Providence, Sierra Little, RN

We don’t enter each negotiation with a list of demands, but rather the gut-wrenching question of “what will they take from us this time?” That reality is the saddest of all.

November 7, 2019

Washington State Nurses Hall of Fame nominations due Nov. 30

Is there someone who has changed your professional life and the lives of others? Now is your opportunity to nominate a person you admire for inclusion in the Washington State Nurses Hall of Fame for 2020!

November 6, 2019

It’s Election Day – Turn those ballots in!

A friendly reminder from the WSNA-PAC Board that today, Tuesday, November 5, is Election Day – no postage is required to mail your ballot!

November 5, 2019

MEDIA RELEASE: Providence Kadlec nurses vote to authorize strike

Press release

RICHLAND, Wash – After two days of voting, Kadlec members of the Washington State Nurses Association voted by an overwhelming majority to authorize a strike.

October 31, 2019

MEDIA RELEASE: Providence Sacred Heart nurses vote to authorize strike

Press release

SPOKANE, Wash – After two days of voting, Sacred Heart members of the Washington State Nurses Association voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike.

October 26, 2019

Sometimes walking is the last, best option

Providence Sacred Heart and Providence Kadlec consider their options after more than a year of negotiations.

October 21, 2019

My journey to becoming an active member in WSNA

Sadly, I believe the moral decline and proposed unethical treatment of employees by Providence violates my religious convictions, and I can no longer remain neutral. While I still do not agree with some of the tactics and philosophies of unions on a global scale, I am now ready to be an active member with a voting voice through WSNA.

October 18, 2019