Kittitas Valley Healthcare negotiation survey 2019

The current contract between WSNA and your local unit expires December 31, 2019. This survey is to help us prepare for contract negotiations. Your input is critical to determining our priorities as we head to the bargaining table.

It is vital that we know your issues and concerns prior to the start of negotiations!

Please complete this online survey by September 15, 2019.

Please provide us with your contact information. WSNA and your negotiations team will not share this information with anyone. It is only collected so that we may contact you if we have any questions; and so we may share important information with you regarding the current negotiations and issues.

1.Please provide us with your contact information:(Required.)

Name

Unit

Shift

FTE (1.0, 0.9, etc.)

Personal email address

Preferred personal phone number

3.Which premium would you most like to see increased (pick one)?

4.I am regularly floated out of my home department

Yes

5.Do you feel safe floating (i.e. have been trained enough or have the support you need)?

Yes

6.Would you be more willing to float if there was a premium attached?

Yes

7.Are you using your continuing education money as per article 12.13 of our current contract?

Yes

8.If yes, how much money did you use?

All

Partial

9.Did you apply for education money that you were denied?

Yes

10.If yes, what reason were you given?

You used your max

Not relevant to your current position

Application process done incorrectly

Other (please specify)

11.Are you satisfied with your current Health/ Dental insurance premium coverage by KVH?

Yes

If no, please briefly explain

12.The following suggestions for contract changes were collected at the spring local unit meeting. Please mark your top three:

Change being called in on day off language so that compensation is the same for full-time and part-time employees

Increase education money

Float premium anytime one is floated outside their home department

Christmas break rotated in addition to Spring break

Vacation increase with seniority accrual

Increase steps above 30

Personal ladder / professional development bonus

13.Do you have a suggestion or two for improving the contract? Please provide your suggestions.

14.Would you be willing to help during negotiations?

Yes