On March 26, 2021, your contract negotiation team met with hospital management for what turned out to be a very disappointing day of negotiations. Hospital management is still insisting on a vacation cap, cuts to time off, “use it or lose it” vacation policy, lower Per Diem pay rate, increased per diem work requirements and a separate pay scale with significantly lower pay for quality and care transition nurses. Additionally, management is refusing to agree to our staffing proposal, workplace violence proposal and we are still apart on wage increases.

We do not have any dates for future negotiation sessions nailed down yet. We hope to get back to the bargaining table in May. Until then, your bargaining team NEEDS YOUR HELP in sending the message to management that the RNs DESERVE A FAIR CONTRACT!

Please sign our petition and share with your friends, family and community members! Post it to social media and distribute far and wide! We need to let hospital management know that the community stands with NURSES! Members of the negotiation team have physical copies if you prefer to physically sign.

We have scheduled virtual union meetings on April 29 to keep you informed, answer your questions and discuss how all of us can work together to get a fair contract!

April 29 Local Unit Microsoft Teams Meetings

Meeting # 1 – 1600-1700 Meeting #2 – 2000-2100

Meeting #1 Call in information: 206-485-2614; 496031954#
Meeting #2 Call in information: 206-485-2614; 533106754#

Remember to wear your WSNA stickers and badge holders on negotiation day to show that you stand with your fellow RNs in support of a FAIR CONTRACT!

In Solidarity, your negotiating team: - Jason Kindle, Ryan Housden, Kala Winter, Jennifer Reynolds, Jayme Garrison, Michelle Phillips, Kim Scott

Please contact Travis Elmore, WSNA Nurse Rep at telmore@WSNA.org or 206-575-7979 ext. 3117 with questions or to find out what you can do to support the effort to get your fellow RN’s a fair contract!