ALL MEMBER NOTICEAfter months of discussion, research, and polling of the membership, the Executive Board of your union is making a unanimous recommendation to merge our local USNU 141 with our sister local UFCW Local 21. This recommendation comes on the heels of many significant changes in our local, including the sudden passing of our President Marilyn Savage, and the retirement of another long-term staff representative. These events have required us to seriously examine where we want our union to go and what we want to achieve as Registered Nurses. Local 141 has been a statewide leader in advancing the RN profession and safe patient care. We are proud of our achievements. The merged union will place us in the strongest position possible to respond to the rapid consolidation and affiliation of the major employers in the health care industry. Our new merged union will mean 15,000 health care employees working together to advance our agenda for quality work life and safe patient care. By joining together, we have significantly greater resources to negotiate better contracts and address workplace problems and issues. We will gain political strength to more strongly advocate for nurse practice issues. We join a union with over 75 staff specialized in bargaining, representation, political advocacy and communications. Our new union will give us the tools and new opportunities to advocate for nurses and quality patient care. For more information on the upcoming vote, please follow these links to find the Proposed Agreement of Merger for UFCW Locals 21 and 141, which includes a lsit of benefits of the proposed merger, the full Merger Vote Announcement Flyer, and the voting dates and locations o the polling sites. For more information, please contact Chris Foster at 1-800-468-3856 or e-mail Jenny Reed at jreed@ufcw.org. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
United Food & Commercial Workers Local 141, United Staff Nurses Union, is a statewide union of registered nurses and other healthcare professionals in Washington State. Local 141 is a young union founded only in 1989 to represent staff nurses and their unique needs in health care.
The local represents small rural and urban hospitals, medical centers, long term care, clinics, occupational health and home health agency nurses. The members of Local 141 have direct input into their future through participation at negotiations and committees at their work site; legislative and political action through lobbying and action days at both the state and federal level and setting standards and policies at the union.  Union members, staff and other activists work together each time a contract is negotiated to bring about strong contracts recognizing the specific needs of each member group.
Local 141 belongs to the 1.4 million strong United Food and Commercial Workers International Union which is a member of the Change to Win National Labor Federation.
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