We head back to the negotiation table with a federal mediator on Wednesday, Dec. 11.

We will continue to fight back on offensive Providence Sacred Heart proposals to eliminate EIT, slash PTO and shove the cost of sick time onto the backs of hardworking taxpayers through the state’s new Family and Medical Leave plan. And we will continue our advocacy for safe staffing and a safe workplace for our nurses and patients.

In the meantime, strike preparations are in full swing.

Sign up today to be a strike picket captain! Email WSNA Nurse Rep Jaclyn Perkins at jperkins@wsna.org to sign up.

For a full strike update, progress on strike committee prep, and get the latest Dec. 11 mediation news, be sure to attend the upcoming local unit meeting on Thursday.

Local unit meeting
Dec. 12, 2019
8 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 8 p.m.
Spokane Labor Council
510 S Elm

You are welcome to submit your questions to SHMC@wsna.org in advance or contact WSNA Nurse Representative Jaclyn Perkins at jperkins@wsna.org

After many months of taking action together, and also coordinating our unions and taking strike authorization votes, our unions’ leadership feels that now is the time to take the next steps in our campaign. We recently made a unity commitment to heighten our level of coordination and express our pledge to each other as we move ahead on our campaign for fair contracts. In a historic moment, UFCW 21, SEIU 1199NW and WSNA leadership have pledged to coordinate efforts that will move us all forward as healthcare workers and achieve the critical advances needed at Providence to provide better patient care and safety.

The essence of our unity commitment is: If you take on one of us, you take on all of us.