Stop by for some Street Tacos, Chips & Salsa from COA Mexican Eatery & Tequileria

DATE: Tuesday, Feb 11
TIME:    1815 - 1945
LOCATION:   San Juan Conference Room at the hospital

Topics of the evening:

• Meal Breaks and waivers
• What to do when your manager wants to chat

Meal Break Waivers

WSNA was notified on January 30, 2024, by HR of their intent to offer waivers to our members working 10 or 12-hour shifts. Although they did not provide a copy of the actual waiver, HR did threaten to increase nurses’ length of shift to provide the second meal period if nurses did not sign a waiver waiving the second meal period.

We immediately sent a response reminding HR WSNA is the exclusive representative for the RNs at SRH, meal and rest breaks are a mandatory subject of bargaining, and insisted they immediately cease and desist with their plan to directly deal with our members.

During our most recent contract negotiations while the current law was in effect our WSNA bargaining team negotiated and reached an agreement of one meal period for 8-, 10-, and 12-hour shifts, and our SRH WSNA members ratified that agreement.

If management moves forward insisting SRH WSNA nurses sign a waiver they will be violating federal labor law by unilaterally implementing a change in hours and working conditions as well as directly dealing with our members.

If you would like to talk about this more, please come by Taco Tuesday or Cafeteria Time.

Cafeteria time with WSNA

DATE: Friday, Feb 14
TIME:    1130 - 1300
LOCATION:   Hospital cafeteria

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Look for the WSNA blue!

WSNA Local Unit Officers: 
Liz Rainaud, - Co-chair
Kyla Malean – Co-chair
Kim McCann, Secretary
Rachel Yates – Treasurer
Mackenzie Anderson – Grievance
Crissi Franulovich – Grievance
Abu Cameron – Grievance and Membership 
Katy Page - Grievance and Membership
Jill Schmidt - Membership

Questions? Contact WSNA Nurse Repre­sen­ta­tive Barbara Friesen at bfriesen@wsna.org 206-575-7979 ext. 3056