Thank you to everyone who came out to vote. Our turn out was great. We have a ratified contract. We’ll be working on getting the signed contract available online ASAP.

7.2 … every nurse hired prior to the effective date of the 2019-2022 Agreement will be eligible to receive one step increase, if eligible according to the schedule in this Article. Nurses who wish to have their experience reviewed for an adjustment based on experience must notify the Hospital within 90 days of ratification of the 2022-2025 agreement. The Hospital will conduct a review of the materials in any such nurse’s personnel file, and will share the results of its review with the Association by January 31, 2024. The Hospital will also determine where every such nurse would fall on the plan set out in this Article and the costs of associated with applying this Article to such nurses, and will share this information with the Association.

Point of clarification- If you were hired with previous nursing experience prior to April 1, 2019, you are eligible to have your step re-evaluated. You have 90 days to notify HR for a review of your current step. This does not apply to anyone who was hired as a new grad.

9.5 Effective the first full pay period following ratification, nurses may elect to cash-out any accrued hours over two hundred and forty (240). This one-time cash out is in addition to the ability to cash out accrued leave in accordance with the preceding paragraph.

Special thanks to our negotiating team for their hard work and dedication. Sara Bergenholtz, Nick Jackson, Lorna Sebastian, Stefanie Gates, Karla Bourgeois, Paul Stamilio, Paul Molenaar, Amy Yarbrough and Blaine Wuertz

Questions? Contact WSNA Nurse Representative Carmen Garrison at cgarrison@wsna.org.