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Elena Schensted
Columbia PH Center
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It's survey time again
Posted Jan 17, 2025
Your WSNA bargaining team is headed back to contract negotiations to begin bargaining with the County for the 2026-2027 collective bargaining agreement (CBA)!
We last surveyed the represented staff nurses in April of 2024. This survey below will ensure we are working from the most current responses from all of you. Take 5-10 minutes to help inform and prepare your team about what matters most to the staff nurses in all divisions and locations across Public Health Seattle King County. You may include narrative to your responses if you choose.
Our last negotiations for the 2025 extension memorandum of agreement (MOA) were unique. This time, we will approach negotiations in the manner the bargaining unit is accustomed to. Your elected officers, WSNA negotiator and Nurse Representative meet in-person with the County and exchange proposals over a series of several sessions to come to a tentative agreement that we can recommend to the WSNA members in good standing to accept by a vote to ratify the agreement.
We always learn a lot, most important was that the more that actively engage in actions directly affects our progress at the bargaining table. Will you help your work site take action when called upon by your team and site reps? Make your priorities known. Take the survey today, which closes on January 31.
In Solidarity,
Your WSNA local unit officers:
Elena Schensted Chair, NFP Columbia City PH Center
Stephen Lee Vice Chair, KCCF
Kimberly Henriquez Secretary/Treasurer, NFP Downtown PH Center
Carolyn Clark KCCF, Grievance officer
Tami Nesler RJC, Grievance officer
Kiesha Garcia-Stubbs Grievance officer, NFP Downtown PH Center
WSNA Nurse Representative: Tara Barnes tbarnes@wsna.org
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Resources and tools
Document unsafe conditions
If you find yourself in a situation that you believe creates unsafe conditions for patients or for you, you should complete a Staffing Complaint / ADO Form as soon as possible.
By completing the form, you will help make the problem known to management, creating an opportunity for the problem to be addressed. Additionally, you will be documenting the facts, which may be helpful to you later if there is a negative outcome.
WSNA also uses your ADO forms to track the problems occurring in your facility. When you and your coworkers take the important step of filling out an ADO form, you are helping to identify whether there is a pattern of unsafe conditions for you or your patients at your facilities. This information is used by your conference committee, staffing committee, and WSNA labor staff to improve your working conditions.
Representation rights
As a union member, you have the right to have a representative present in any meetings with management that could potentially lead to disciplinary action against you.
If called into a meeting with management, read the following to management when the meeting begins:
If this discussion could in any way lead to my being disciplined or terminated, I respectfully request that my union representative be present at this meeting. Without representation present, I choose not to participate in this discussion.
Find out more about this crucial right and how to exercise it to ensure your fair treatment and protection.
Continuing education offerings
Enhance your professional competency with WSNA's free online courses.
Earn CNE contact hours through topics like Cultural Humility, Telehealth Assessment, Workplace Violence Prevention, and more. Convenient and self-paced, our courses provide practical knowledge for your daily work. Expand your skills and stay up-to-date with the latest nursing practices.