WSNA has been informed that the Freedom Foundation (a historically anti-union, anti-worker’s rights organization) has contacted the employer requesting personal contact information of RNs and others.

The employer may feel compelled to furnish this information based on their obligations due to being a pubic employer and the Public Records Act.

The Freedom Foundation or any other person attempting to tell you how to opt out of your union, is trying to take away your voice in the workplace and eliminate your union representation. Unions put power in the hands of employees. This power is used to ensure living wages, fair employment practices, and laws that protect employees. Their goal is to dismantle that power and put it in the hands of corporations so they can pay substandard wages and eliminate regulations, rules and laws that protect employees from corporate abuse and greed.

If you are contacted via email or phone call by any of these union busters, tell them:

“I am a proud union member and will always be so. I appreciate the rights and benefits being part of a union affords. Take your anti-union rhetoric and go elsewhere. Do not attempt to contact me in any fashion ever again”

If you receive an email from the Freedom Foundation, contact Evergeeen’s IT department at 1740 and tell them to put that address into the “Spam Folder”.

WSNA is proud to represent registered nurses at Evergreen and together, we win!

WSNA is working to have the release of the requested information by the Freedom Foundation delayed or prevented

Working in Coalition with a number of Unions sharing like concerns for their members, WSNA has become part of an effort to receive a court injunction.

One of the rationales for limiting what information be released is a concern for domestic violence survivors and their privacy. If you have a unique rationale as to why you believe your personal information should be withheld, please contact WSNA Nurse Representative Ed Zercher at ezercher@wsna.org

or call at 206-575-7979, ext. 3022.

WSNA encourages you to urge the State Legislature to protect public employees' personal data.

You can write to your legislator and let them know that you support the limiting of personal data release. Find more information in the recent article on the topic in The Stand.

Be on the lookout for a 4% raise increase starting Jan. 1, 2020!

This is not happening by accident…it is happening because your WSNA bargaining team spent many long sessions negotiating for this benefit! It doesn’t stop there, you will be getting another 3% on Nov. 1, 2020 as well!

Hard work in action. Union nurses standing together to demand better wages, hours and working conditions!

Your contract is online. Be sure to reference it if you have any questions about the provisions.

Questions? Contact WSNA Nurse Representative Ed Zercher at ezercher@wsna.org

or call at 206-575-7979, ext. 3022.