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Posted May 10, 2024

Consecutive Weekend Pay Grievance

Management has recently decided to no longer pay nurses CWW (Consecutive Weekend Worked) Premium of 1.5X when nurses pick up an extra weekend shift to help the needs of the unit. That is extremely disappointing that they are changing past practice and are misinterpreting contract language. The language did NOT change from the old to the new contract. WSNA maintains that when a nurse offers to pick-up a weekend shift to fill voids in the posted schedule, you are not waiving your CWW Premium. WSNA maintains that nurses who work on a scheduled weekend off shall receive CWW Premium.

7.7 Weekends -The Employer shall schedule full-time and part-time nurses to provide at least every other weekend off. In the event a full-time or part-time nurse works two (2) successive weekends under this scheduling pattern, all time worked on the second weekend shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half (1 1/2) the regular rate of pay. The third and regularly scheduled weekend shall be at the nurse's regular rate of pay. Nurses regularly scheduled to work less than every other weekend will be eligible for time and one-half (1 1/2) the regular rate of pay under this Section 7.7 on the third (3rd) consecutive weekend worked. This section shall not apply to per diem employees. The weekend shall be defined as that period of time from 7:00 a.m. Saturday to 7:00 a.m. Monday for employees working day or evening shift, and from 11:00 p.m. Friday to 11:00 p.m. Sunday for employees working night shift. A nurse may request a change in the weekend work schedule if the change is submitted at least five (5) days prior to the new schedule posting. Requested changes are subject to management approval and shall not result in the payment of overtime and/or premium pay provided for in this Section 7.7. Premium pay (7.7) shall not apply to time spent for educational purposes, special projects unless previously authorized by the Director, nurses who trade weekends, nurses who voluntarily agree to more frequent weekend duty, nurses who work weekend only positions, or to nurses filling more than one (1) position on different units.

9.9 Weekend Premium - Any nurse who works on the weekend shall receive four dollars and twenty-five ($4.25) per hour for each hour worked in addition to the nurse's regular rate of pay. The weekend premium will not be considered as part of the regular rate of pay for overtime calculations. The weekend for premium pay purposes shall be defined as beginning at 11:00 p.m. Friday and includes any shift that begins before11:01 p.m. Sunday. Any nurse who works on a "scheduled weekend off" shall receive time and one-half (1 1/2) the regular rate (computed without the weekend premium) and in addition shall receive the weekend premium of four dollars and twenty-five ($4.25) for each weekend hour worked. Nurses who wish to exchange weekends must submit such requests in writing to the Nursing Division for approval. Such exchanges shall not be subject to the overtime provision of this Agreement. Nurses on callback from standby status shall receive the weekend premium for actual time worked on the weekend. Weekend premium pay shall not be paid while on standby status on a weekend.

Call to action – Be present at the CWW Group Grievance meeting to stand behind our contract language.

Date: Friday, May 17
Time: 11 – 11:55 a.m.
Location: Mt Adams Conference Room on 2 River or virtual via Teams
Teams Link

Your WSNA Nurse Representative will present our case. If you’d like to offer verbal or written testimony, please let the Nurse Rep Janet Stewart know NLT Wednesday May 15. Jstewart@wsna.org

Nurses Week Prize Winners

Two $100 Figs Scrub gift cards & Four Stanley Cups (drawn at the breakfast on 5/6) :

Figs: Angeline Nzuki/Rehab and Holly VanDyk/CVICU

Stanley Cups: Linh Tran/CVIR, Monica Takata/Observation, Renee Ducksworth/7 Dally, Lori Dail/Rehab

A variety of gift cards were drawn randomly for WSNA Nurses. Congratulations to the winners listed below.

Gift cards will be hand delivered or mailed to you in the coming weeks.

Kelly Rodgers, Elizabeth Shoewu, Trang Truong, Hillary McMurty, Joana Scanlan, Yvonne Silva, Leigh Stenberg, Megan Luckey, Sierra Ramos-Wolfe, Nicholas Georgia, Shila Muller, Jamie Salunga, Kelsey Bolton, Faith Laytham, Lauren Ringlee, Amber Mollett, Jennifer Lawson, Michael Slagle, Lorna Kline, Michelle Livingston, Elise Sanchez, Jennifer Gaddy, Karely Martinez, Joan Hammond, Kathryn Anderson, Lori Dail, Surinder Kaur, Michael Cousins, Alfian Inaray, Sheena Fahrenkrug, Carla Mae Lavisores, Leah Thompson, Eric Page, Laura Nicklay, Renee Gibbs, Johnathan Gilbert, Monica Camille Vicente, Morgan Lumsden, Jacqueline Dynes, Hollie Bashaw, Timothy Parker, Miss-Din Dipoko, Elizabeth Lewis, Diana Retuerne, Maya Rosenfield, Christina Hixon, Regina Njuguna, May Manzano, Jillian Off, Renellie Jaspe, Krishna Bautista, Jessica Sivret, Nicodi Jack, Laura Brown, Grace Cecile Co, Noah Nelson, Lisa Obrien, Shawntel Tangonan, Irovet Aeus Pagsibigan, Brandi Sanchez, Vicki Samples, London Levy, Jovelyn Ong, Allison Nellis, Cindy Williams, Coty Ann Clark, Shekeema Atkins, Carolyn Cummings, Rachel Elliott, Jordan Bates, Chelsea Boley, Cassandra Drysdale, Megan Vetter, Cheryl Martinez, June Manyara, Elena Nikulina, Melody Gayle Juezan, Scott Geyer, Ashley Martello, Dyanne Lacerna, Stephanie Carter, Maureen Libra, Kris Reed, Christine Bosanco, Katie Haas, Grace Cole, Sarah Morrison, Amy Langston, Jenna Fox Wolfe, Andrew Shoaf, Stacy Smith, Michelle Nelson, Samantha Schubert, Jessica Dimov, Janette Ryan, Lirra Zullo, Mary Jane Sales, Caitlin McNickle, Nicoel Legros, and Elizabeth Henson

WSNA Outstanding Negotiating Team Award – Congratulations Good Sam Nurses

At the WSNA Leadership Conference at Lake Chelan on April 28-30; the Good Samaritan bargaining unit won the Outstanding Negotiating Team Award. The bargaining team, and all the nurses who stood behind them were recognized for your fight and determination for a fair contract which included Safe Staffing and Break Nurses. You courageously fought harder and more creatively than ever before. The Good Sam nurses attending the Conference “Champions of Change” accepted the award for all of you. Congratulations also to Keith Templeton who won the Outstanding Membership Officer Award. Keith, we appreciate you welcoming the new nurses at New Hire Orientation.