On August 16, 2024, our bargaining team met with PeaceHealth St. John administration for our fourth day of bargaining. Management gave us a comprehensive proposal that included a slight increase in wages, but they continue to reject our proposals on weekend pay, float pay and increases to standby pay.

Digital Scheduling Update

We discussed management’s proposal related to scheduling and gained some insight. PeaceHealth tells us that this is not a move to “self-scheduling “as we commonly know it and more of a move to digitize your current scheduling processes. They confirmed they do not intend to change how each unit sets their schedules, so your schedules, patterns, and regular shifts shouldn’t change but you’ll use a new software program to submit your preferences and receive your schedule. They also confirmed that part of the coding process will focus on ensuring digital scheduling follows our contract language.

We need to know what you think about how scheduling is done so we can bargain for language that protects your priorities while management develops this program. At our next session we’ll be sharing your priorities with management. We need you to tell us which parts of your scheduling process matter most to you, which would you want to see changed, and what questions would you have before you’d feel comfortable with using digital scheduling. Please take our survey to provide feedback! We currently have nearly 200 participants and hope to hear from every WSNA member at the hospital! You can also give management your feedback by clicking here and leaving a message. They need to know what you think!

Join us Wednesday! 

Every week during negotiations your bargaining team will be hosting virtual meetings on Wednesdays from 1800-1900 to give updates on negotiations, hear comments and answer questions! This week we’ll be talking about the digital scheduling survey and our scheduled call proposals.

Meeting ID: 274 118 271 812  Passcode: fZfkNG
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Keep wearing your WSNA gear on negotiation days and Fridays to show your support for a fair contract!

Our next bargaining session is on August 26 with sessions on September 4, 17 and 18 to follow. We are inviting WSNA nurses to come OBSERVE negotiations! Please fill out the form here and wait to hear from WSNA before showing up as space is limited.

Stay up to date on contract negotiations by following @wsna_stjn on Instagram! We are posting unique content there. Visit this web page for the latest updates as well.

Be an activist. Contact our Organizer Sammy Scholl for more ways to be involved. Cell: 425-606-7036, sscholl@wsna.org.

Contact membership@wsna.org if you are not getting emails from WSNA. Also, please remember to check your junk mail!

In Solidarity,
WSNA Co-Chair Kathy Arnesen, Surgical; WSNA Co-Chair Elena Brent, Quality Coordination; Secretary/Treasurer Karla Fowler, ICU; Grievance Officer Sharla Hixon, Cath Lab; Grievance Officer Jennifer Buckhalter, Outpatient Oncology; Jon Olson, ED; Samantha Tow, PACU; Lindsay Green, Medical Unit; Christina Jurado, Cardiology

Please contact WSNA Nurse Rep Travis Elmore Nelson at telmore@wsna.org or 206-575-7979 ext. 3117 with questions or to find out what you can do to get a fair contract.