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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

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

Joyce McMurphy, RN: An Open Letter to Providence Executives

After almost 20 years of service to Kadlec, Providence now wants to “reward” me by decreasing my PTO accrual hours, cutting nearly two weeks per year... It makes me sad to think that all you are looking at is the bottom line, and not how you are affecting my life and how you don’t think I am worthy of the PTO that I am earning after…

October 3, 2019

Kelsi Duncan, RN: I'll strike if I have to

"Our goal is not a strike - our goal is a fair and just contract." We had a recent union meeting, and that phrase was said a few times, and for me it really hit home.With strike assessment and preparation now in full swing at Kadlec, the threat becomes more and more real.Make no mistake: I will strike if I have to, without…

September 26, 2019

Five Washington state nurses inducted as AAN fellows, one inducted as NCSBN fellow

WSNA would like to congratulate five Washington state nurses on being named 2019 fellows by AAN, and one on being named a NCSBN fellow.

September 5, 2019

Unions are on the rise in Washington — with good reason

A new report details how union members in Washington state earn significantly higher wages and are more likely to get health care and retirement benefits than their non-union counterparts.

September 4, 2019

Florence Nightingale musical to tour Seattle area in 2020

WSNA members are invited to “Nightingale: A Musical Regarding the Life & Passionate Nature of Miss Florence Nightingale,” playing at various Washington venues in 2020.

September 4, 2019

WSNA, SEIU 1199NW, UFCW21 win Mother Jones Organizational Award from State Labor Council

WSNA won the Mother Jones Organizational Award on July 26 at the annual Washington State Labor Council convention for our work on rest breaks legislation. Co-recipients were SEIU Healthcare 1199NW and UFCW21.

July 26, 2019

Rally for patients before profits at Providence headquarters

WSNA members from Sacred Heart and Kadlec joined hundreds of outraged nurses, health care workers, state labor leaders, public officials and union activists from across Washington on July 26 to hold a “Rally for Patients Before Profits” at Providence corporate headquarters.

July 26, 2019

Interview with Matthew McGuire, St. Joe’s RN, on why he has “no reservations” recommending the TA

Bargaining team member Matthew McGuire: "This TA gives us a strong contract that I have no reservations recommending."

July 16, 2019

Cutting corners on RN benefits and working conditions proves costly for St. Joseph Medical Center-Tacoma

Nurse turnover at SJMC is, for lack of a better word, obscene, and incredibly costly.According to WSNA membership data, SJMC turned over 276 nurses in 2017, and 248 in 2018. This comes out to a turnover rate of 24.2% and 20.9% each year, respectively – rates much higher than national averages.

June 27, 2019