We are happy to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement on a contract! Your bargaining team recommends this contract for ratification.

SUMMARY OF 2018 TENTATIVE AGREEMENT

Wage Increases:

First paycheck following ratification – 2%; 6/1/2019 – 2%; 6/1/2020 – 2%.

PVNA had argued that wage increases should be reduced in light of the wage steps in our contract. The bargaining team rejected this argument and achieved wage increases that are on par with increases won by nurses in other facilities around the state.

New Premiums/Premium Increases:

(New) Preceptor premium – $1/hour for time assigned to work as a preceptor of newly hired nurses.

Charge Nurse premium – Increase from $1.25/hour to $1.50/hour.

Work on day off – Increase the incentive for part time nurses from $25 to $35.
0.9 FTE nurses and up will continue to receive time and a half.

Education Allowance:

Increase from $225 per year to $250 per year.

Weekend back-up/On call:

The new contract eliminates the weekend back-up language.

The bargaining team proposed an increase to on call pay. While we were unable to achieve the increase, PVNA has informed us that they are exploring options to contract out this work so PVNA nurses will no longer have to be on call.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Added gender to the list of protected classifications.

Paid and Unpaid Leave:

PVNA proposed language that would have negatively affected our access to leaves of absence due to illness or injury. The bargaining team resisted these proposals and PVNA withdrew its proposals. There will be no changes to the leave language in the new contract.

Your Negotiation Team: Donni Heidenson, Carolyn Chandler, Brenda Willoughby

Contract Ratification Vote

Date: Aug. 16, 2018

Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Place: PVNA Lyons Library

You must be a WSNA Member in good standing to vote on the contract.

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For any questions, contact WSNA Nurse Representative Debi Bessmer at dbessmer@wsna.org.