On February 12, 2024, we met with PeaceHealth for another day of negotiations for our next contract. Unfortunately, management again failed to present an economic counterproposal and let us know the soonest they’ll have one is at our seventh session on February 21. We used the rest of our time to make a comprehensive workplace violence proposal that addresses the issues we’re hearing from every unit in the hospital, including our Home Hospice RNs who enter patient homes every day on the job.

We’re working hard to show management in each proposal that all nurses across the bargaining unit share the same goals. There’s strength in numbers, and we need your help to show management just how strong we are.

Here’s how you can pitch in:

1. Sign the petition! Our petition asks management to commit to staffing levels that keep nurses and their patients safe. We need as much of our bargaining unit to sign the petition as possible so management sees we’re all in this together. If you haven’t signed a petition yet check in with a bargaining team member to sign it this week! If you’ve already signed, we want your help presenting the petition to management. More to come on 2/20.
2. Follow us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/phsw_nurses/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D.
3. Join us at the sip and chat! “Sip and Chats” will occur every Tuesday from 1800-1930 while we are in negotiations. Click the button to join via Microsoft Teams or call in (206) 485-2614; Passcode: 864004705# to join.

WSNA is requesting that EVERY NURSE wear a “I Support My Bargaining Team" sticker on negotiation days. Please contact a member of the bargaining team or WSNA Organizer Sam Scholl for a sticker.

Send us your pictures or share on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/phsw_nurses/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D.

Please follow “Vancouver RN’s Care for US” on Facebook.

Be an activist. Contact our Organizer Sammy Scholl for more ways to be involved. Cell: 425-606-7036, sscholl@wsna.org.

We have 3 bargaining sessions left before the contract expires! They are on February 21, 23 and 26! 

To observe bargaining, email sscholl@wsna.org to RSVP.

Yard Signs and Car Signs should be here by February 20! Stay tuned.

Become a member, make our voice stronger! https://www.wsna.org/membership/application

Contact membership@wsna.org if you are not getting emails from WSNA. Also, please remember to check your junk mail.

In Solidarity,
WSNA Co-Chair Didi Gray, Family Birth; WSNA Co-Chair Dawn Merick, Resource team; Secretary/Treasurer Duncan Camacho, ICU; Grievance Officer Erin Irwin, CVICU; Member at Large Talitha Wilson, ED; Dillon LeSieur, RRT/Critical Care; Dustin Weddle, ED; Jeryl Anderson, Case Management; Brooke Churchman, Home Hospice; Samantha Golden, IMCU; Joan Ngarachu, PACU; Toutu Rekucki, Cardiology

Please contact WSNA Nurse Rep Travis Elmore Nelson at telmore@wsna.org or 206-575-7979 ext. 3117 with questions or to find out what you can do to get a fair contract.