Sponsorship of Unit Reps for Leadership in Chelan March 28-31

We will sponsor up to 10 Unit Reps to attend Leadership in Chelan. Send an email to Laura Bayes at blauraloo@gmail.com and hwelander@wsna.org. You will be reimbursed for the costs of lodging at Campbell’s Resort. Lodging arrangements are done separately and information is available in the link below.
https://www.wsna.org/calendar/leadership-2020/

Unit Rep Trainings

New/Returning WSNA Nurse Representative, Hanna Welander, will be starting Unit Rep trainings this spring. You have an important role to play and may be the first person that talks to colleagues about the importance of being a unionized nurse. There are many issues going on in your workplace and we want everyone to be aware of them.

Open Local Unit Officer Positions: Could this be for you?

We were happy to announce that Laura Bayes has taken the position of WSNA Co-Chair, replacing Jeff Frist; Geri Falacy is returning as Co-Secretary, taking the place of Cynthia George Taha.

As Unit Reps, you are already leaders among your peers. There are still Local Unit Officer positions open for a second Co-Chair, a Co-Secretary, and Co-Membership. You would be partnering with us and we will provide mentorship and and support.

• The Co-Chairs assist each other and oversee day-to-day matters affecting the nurses at St. Joe’s. This includes attending and chairing meetings for Local Unit Business and Conference Committee.
• The Co-Secretaries take minutes at meetings.
• The Co-Membership Officers take turns attending new hire orientation every two weeks to welcome new nurses coming to work at St. Joe’s.

Training will be provided by WSNA if you decide that, yes, that IS for me and I want to be more involved and provide union support to my colleagues.

Email Addresses

To continue providing important updates, we have moved almost exclusively to electronic news. We do not have emails for all of our nurses. In early April, we will ask for your help to gather these so that we can continue more environmentally friendly practices and make sure that important news gets to everyone.

Bulletin Board Updates:

WSNA has new materials to post on unit bulletin boards. We will start working with the Unit Reps to develop a system of updating information, such as contact information for Local Unit Officers and WSNA Nurse Rep, and much more!

Your local unit officers,
Laura, Geri, Shari, Robin, Rhonda, Grace, Ryan, Darlyce, Tracy