Yesterday was another disappointing day at the bargaining table.

Management continues to propose getting rid of EIB; Management continues to propose cutting the wages of home health and hospice nurses; and management is refusing to agree to many of our proposed increases to premiums.

Bottom line…. Management continues to propose taking away many of your hard-fought gains. 

Hospital administration made minor increases to their wage proposal as listed below:

Grade 1 (Clinic RNs): all steps will be increased by $2.25.

Grades 2 and 3 (Home and Community RNs):  all steps will be increased by 4.0%

Grades 4 through 7 (Inpatient RNs):  Steps Base-10 will be increased by $2.00 + 4.5%, Step 11 plateau (same amount as Step 10), and Steps 12-32 will be increased by $1.00 + 4.5%

Effective with the first full pay period after the following dates, the Medical Center will implement the following increases:

March 1, 2025: all grades and all steps will be increased by 4.0%

March 1, 2026: all grades and all steps will be increased by 4.0%

March 1, 2027: all grades and all steps will be increased by 3.5%

We hear your disgust with the lack of collaboration from management.

We are starting to plan for an Informational Picket at the hospital in the coming weeks. Contact a bargaining team member to pledge that you will attend if you haven’t already done so. 

Thank you to everyone who has signed a picket pledge!

WSNA is moving forward with plans to digitally target the hospital and other strategic locations with ads related to our bargaining using geofencing. The public and the media needs to know how PeaceHealth is treating you after all that you have given!

Contact the WSNA Rep. if you have ideas for ad content!

March 26 is our next bargaining session!To observe the bargaining session on March 26, 2024. Email sscholl@wsna.org to RSVP.

While we are in negotiations, bargaining team members will be hosting informal union meetings with WSNA members. “Sip and Chats” will occur every Tuesday from 1800-1930 while we are in negotiations. Click the link to join via Microsoft Teams or call in (206) 485-2614; Passcode: 864004705# to join.

WSNA is requesting that EVERY NURSE wear a “I Support My Bargaining Team" button or sticker on negotiation days. Please contact a member of the bargaining team or WSNA Organizer Sam Scholl for a button/sticker. Send us your pictures or share on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phsw_nurses?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== and give us a follow!

If you are told to take off stickers, buttons, or T-Shirts, ask if discipline could result if you don’t take off the item. If the supervisor says yes, take off the item and please file an ADO.

Please follow “Vancouver RN’s Care for US” on Facebook.

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

Car Signs are here! Contact organizer Sammy or a member of the bargaining team for a sign!

Become a member, make our voice stronger! https://www.wsna.org/membership/application

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

In solidarity,

Your Bargaining Team
WSNA Co-Chair Didi Gray, Family Birth; WSNA Co-Chair Dawn Marick, Resource team; Secretary/Treasurer Duncan Camacho, ICU; Grievance Officer Erin Irwin, CVICU; Member at Large Talitha Wilson, ED; Dillon LeSieur, RRT/Critical Care; Dustin Weddle, ED; Jeryl Anderson, Case Management; Brooke Churchman, Home Hospice; Samantha Golden, IMCU; Joan Ngarachu, PACU; Toutu Rekucki, 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.