Your bargaining team has been hard at work meeting with the County to negotiate your new contract. Sue Starr and Susan Babcock, along with your WSNA nurse rep and attorney, have had two 3-hour sessions with the employer. The first session was the employer's presentation of their proposal, and the second was our proposal presentation. Taking the contract from the brief interim agreement to a full Collective Bargaining Agreement will take time so we have three more half- and full-day sessions planned in January and early February next year. Your contract will expire on the 31^st of December this year. The County will legally respect the terms of the expired contract for up to 12 months, though we anticipate bargaining will be completed early in the new year. Please let your bargaining team or nurse rep know if you have any questions or concerns regarding the bargaining process.

WSNA Lobby Day in Olympia will be January 24, 2024 Registration now open!

WSNA's annual Lobby Day event in Olympia will be held on Wednesday, January 24, 2024. Registration is required to attend and is now open! This event is for WSNA members only and registration will close by midnight on December 29. If you know you would like to attend WSNA Lobby Day don't wait! Register now to save your place and keep in communication with us as details are formed leading up to this very important day to talk to legislators’ face to face about the issues impacting nurses and labor.

With a short legislative session ahead of just 60 days, a lot will need to be accomplished in that amount of time. WSNA is still developing our legislative agenda for the 2024 session. You can find information on how that agenda is formed here on our website.

Stay tuned for more information on WSNA Lobby Day and the 2024 WSNA legislative agenda over the coming weeks leading up to the start of session on Monday, January 8. For questions, please contact Jessica Hauffe, Political Advocacy Manager, at jhauffe@wsna.org.  

Champions of Change – 2024 Union Leadership Conference

Don’t miss WSNA’s labor training event at Campbell’s Resort in Chelan April 28-30

Join nurses from around the state as we convene to build stronger local units, become more effective leaders, learn more about the national and state labor scenes, celebrate our successes, and strategize for what’s coming next.

If you are a local unit officer, conference committee member, staffing committee member, safety committee member, unit rep/liaison or member in one of WSNA’s local units who is interested in advocating for nurses and becoming more involved in your union, this conference is for you.

If you are interested in attending, please contact Grace Chesterman, WSNA Nurse Representative at gchesterman@wsna.org.