Reminder! Watch your personal email beginning at 8am on November 25. Whatcom nurses who are WSNA members will begin receiving their unique voting key by personal email. 

Thank you to the nurses who confirmed or corrected their information! Guided by your survey responses and ongoing engagement with bargaining team members, upon ratification, the transition to the Teamster’s Health Benefits will occur. Nurses will receive open enrollment information from the employer in early December. Please read all communications from the employer regarding open enrollment.

What about the rest of the contract changes? 

Please review the TA Summary that we shared with all local unit nurses last week. It is also available in the Election Buddy portal that nurses will use to log in, review the TA information and cast their ballot.

As described in our TA Announcement, this year will be the first time WSNA members at Whatcom will vote on the contract electronically using Election Buddy. It is a secure, encrypted system endorsed by the US department of labor. WSNA has conducted many electronic votes successfully. Members have provided positive feedback with this voting experience.

For those who wish to do so, there is also a contract copy of the before and after changes (sometimes called a red line contract). If there are any technical challenges whatsoever or you want to send questions about the TA, you can contact the Nurse Representative Tara Barnes tbarnes@wsna.org directly.

Voting window opens

Tuesday November 25 at 8 am

Do you have questions you want to address live? 

Join us at the virtual information session. The new time is:

Tuesday Nov 25 to answer questions voters may have, including technical difficulties.

10 am to noon on Microsoft Teams

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Voting window closes

Wednesday November 26 at noon. No ballots will be eligible outside the voting window period. We will send a communication to the nurses with the results.

Here is the link to the TA summary 

Your WSNA team recommends a yes vote!

In unity,

Nicole Miller WSNA co-chair

Kai Rapaport WSNA co-chair

Lela Riherd WSNA treasurer

Julie McElroy WSNA grievance officer

Tara Barnes Nurse Representative tbarnes@wsna.org