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Bargaining Team member Jean Eberhardt applauds allies who packed the TESC Board of Trustees meeting May 8 to support job actions including a strike. just cause (due process rights over discipline) and compensation. The members on May 8 presented a petition to the TESC Board of Trustees in Olympia in support of job actions up to and including a strike. It was signed by 76 percent of the bargaining unit members. We feel we have been pushed to a hard spot, Bargaining Team member Jean Eberhardt told the trustees. Representatives of the campus faculty union, food services union, students and the WFSE/AFSCME-represented classified employees, joined the members in support. Updates at: wfse.org; Hotline, 1-800-562-6102.
More special session info. on page 4 Calls to action: wfse.org > Take Action
WFSE/AFSCME members worked to the very end of the regular legislative session to urge lawmakers to do the right thing. ABOVE: Local 443 Consolidated Support Technology Services members Jeff Paulsen (left) and Bruce Hooker (right) met with Rep. Sam Hunt to express their concerns about the current budget proposals and thank him for his continued support. RIGHT: Local 53 member Sandra Womack makes her call to the Legislative Hotline during April 11 Hotdogs and Hotline event in Tacoma. The Legislature started its 30-day special session May 13 with the issue of closing tax loopholes a main fight. The House wants to close them to fund education and services. The Senate would rather cut safety net programs to fulfill its education obligations. The Legislature is going back into overtime because they were far apart on key issues at the end of regular session April 28. Lawmakers were at impasse over the budget, tax loopholes, pensions, health care, privatization and many other key issues. Its likely the special session will stretch into June with no key debates until after Memorial Day. So WFSE/AFSCMEs fight for public services, public safety, parks and natural resources continues.
WFSE/AFSCME members across the state took part in ceremonies in observance of Workers Memorial Day 4/28/13, when we pause to remember those killed or injured on the job -- and rededicate ourselves to the struggle for safe workplaces. TOP: Local 793 members 4/25/13 walk past placards signifying all those assaulted at Western State Hospital; ABOVE, LEFT: At Department of Transportations agency ceremony April 17; ABOVE, RIGHT: In Bellingham, 4/29/13. Other ceremonies took place in Tumwater, Seattle, Everett and Spokane.
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elieve it or not, its time to get ready for bargaining on contracts that run from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2017.
Bargaining proposals
Its never too early to submit proposed ideas for your next, 2015-2017, collective bargaining agreement. You can work with your local and/or policy committee to submit proposals. For your convenience, a contract proposal form is at right. Forms are also available online at: http://www.wfse.org/collectivebargaining/
BARGAINING 2015-2017
WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES/AFSCME COUNCIL 28 AFL-CIO Use this form to submit your ideas for issues affecting members covered by your respective contract. Name of individual submitting this proposal to his/her local: _______________________________ Agency or Institution of Higher Education: _____________________________________________ If DSHS, which Office, Division or Institution? ___________________________________ _______ PLEASE LET US KNOW IF THIS IS FOR A STATE AGENCY CONTRACT OR FOR ONE OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION CONTRACTS: GENERAL GOVERNMENT HIGHER EDUCATION
Name: Signature: (Local President/Policy Committee Chair) Name: Signature: (Local Secretary/Policy Committee Secretary) All adopted proposals must be submitted to WFSE/AFSCME HQ by 5 p.m., Oct. 7, 2013. THIS FORM MUST BE FILLED OUT COMPLETELY
duplicate proposals. The resulting proposals will then be passed on to the appropriate bargaining team(s) for debate, possible revision, and a vote to support or reject.
quarters by May 20. Ballots listing nominees for the respective bargaining teams will go in the mail by June 5 to WFSE/AFSCME members (who are in good standing as of May 31).
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aving a contract matters, especially in Higher Education. Just ask University of Washington Local 1488 member Marvin McKinly. McKinly is a longtime UW Local 1488 member wrongly accused of being rude to a customer while he worked the front desk at a facilities warehouse. McKinly had politely asked a customer whod bought some UW surplus equipment to move his van so he could load equipment onto another UW employees truck. The customer apparently didnt like or misunderstood McKinlys request. He complained to management. Managers believed the customers assertion that McKinly had
use profanity and was rude. So they handed McKinly a formal counseling, which is one of three rungs on the ladder that could lead to dismissal. This investigation boiled down to my word against another persons word, McKinly said. The problem was the only witness, the other UW employee, said McKinly was being diplomatic and did not swear, an arbitrator later wrote. It was the customer who was very angry and swearing at McKinly, the arbitrator wrote. With the help of WFSE/AFSCME Council Representative James Dannen and Labor Advocate Banks Evans, McKinly filed a grievance.
From left: Banks Evans, WFSE/AFSCME labor advocate; Marvin McKinly, Local 1488; and James Dannen, WFSE/ AFSCME council representative. And on March 26, an independent arbitrator ruled in McKinlys favor. The UW violated his just cause rights and the formal counseling issued in 2011 must be removed from his file, the arbitrator ruled. I just want co-workers to believe that when theyre right to stand up for their rights, said McKinly, a loyal University of Washington employee for more than 33 years. And if it can happen to a longtime employee like McKinly, it can happen to anyone. But the collective bargaining agreement is the great equalizer. This could not have happened without the powerful alliance of my union, McKinly said. I feel union solidarity is stronger than ever.
American Friends Service Committee members ratify new contract. WFSE/ AFSCME members at the American Friends Service Committee ratified
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their new 2012-2015 contract May 3 on a vote of 5-0. Another ULP complaint filed in UW special pay saga. The union on May 6 filed another unfair labor practice
complaint against the University of Washington for continued refusal to bargain over shift differential pay increase and other special pay provisions. A court has already ruled in the unions favor. Those
compensation increases became the new status quo and the UW was ordered to continue them until and if something else was bargained. But the UW has only paid back pay through June 2009.
cal 1060, is in need of shared leave. Contact: your human resource office. Janice Sven, a Worksource specialist 3 with the Employment Security Department in Skagit County and a member of Local 1060, is in need of shared leave because of a medical condition. Contact: Judy Nelson, (360) 725-9448. Robin Burkhart, an administrative assistant 4 with the Department of Health in Tumwater and a member of Local 443, is caring for her mother who is battling cancer. Contact: your human resource office. Jackie Hilton, an office assistant 1 for DSHS in Kelso and a member of Local 1400, is still in need of shared leave because of a serious medical condition. Contact: your human resource office.
Susan Justice, a residential habilitation counselor 2 at the Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island and a member of Local 793, is awaiting her kidney transplant. She is in need of shared leave to cover the time during her surgery and lengthy recovery. She has exhausted all leave. Contact: Robin Calhoun, (253) 6176267, or your human resource office. Rachelle Evans, an unemployment insurance specialist 4 with the Employment Security Department in Spokane and a member of Local 1221, is recovering from a long-standing medical condition and is in need of shared leave. She has exhausted all leave. Contact: Julie Nelson, (360) 725-9448, or your human resource office. Lisa Robson, a social services
specialist 3 with the DSHS Office of Central Intake in Seattle and a member of Local 843, is in desperate need of shared leave while she continues her recovery from a stroke. She has exhausted all previous FMLA and shared leave. Contact: your human resource office. Kendra Hogenson, a medical assistance specialist 3 with the Health Care Authority in Olympia and a member of Local 443, is in need of shared leave as she battles sickle cell anemia. She needs shared leave to cover the time missed while recovering from foot fusion surgery. Shes exhausted all leave. Contact: April Yankee, (360) 725-2134, or your human resource office. Diane Shawen, a residential rehabilitation counselor 2 at the Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island and a member of Local 793, is in need of shared
leave for a serious condition. Contact: Robin Calhoun at (253) 617-6272 or Cathy Harris at (253) 583-5930. Jim Webb, a juvenile rehabilitation counselor at Nacelle Youth Camp and a member of Local 2263, is struggling with a very serious illness. He has exhausted all leave. Contact: Joyce Kilponen, (360) 484-3223. Marlaina Nierenberg, a financial services specialist 3 with DSHS in Spokane and a member of Local 1221, is in need of shared leave. She has exhausted all leave. To help with a donation of eligible unused annual leave or sick leave or all or part of your personal holiday, contact your human resource office. Sylvia Frear, a social services specialist 3 with DSHS in Mount Vernon and a member of Lo-
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The 30-day special session of the Legislature started May 13. It was believed that key issues wont be debated until after Memorial Day, according to press reports. WFSE/AFSCMEs Legislative and Political Action Department has put together a watch list so you can keep track of what bills are left, where they are in the process and what our position is. Use this as a reference during the special session: Operating Budget/Revenue: ESHB 2038 Revenue Passed House, but not the Senate. This is the bill closing some $1 billion in tax loopholes to fund education, rather than cutting vital services. SUPPORT ESSB 5034 Budget Passed House; at odds with the bad Senate version. This is the good House version that closes tax loopholes to fund education, public services and public safety. SUPPORT VERSION PASSED BY THE HOUSE ESSB 5895 Education Funding (very bad) Passed Senate, but not the House. This bad Senate plan funds K-12 education at the expense of other programs, including critical infrastructure programs, freezes worthy environmental programs and restricts capital construction projects that drive our states economy. OPPOSE Attacks On Public Employee Benefits: ESSB 5851 401(k) Pension Plan Passed Senate, but not the House. Voluntary option would harm funding of our healthy pension system. And 401(k) style plans end up being very costly. Retirees in this new plan would lose access to state health benefits. OPPOSE ESSB 5905 PEBB Eligibility (bad part-time health bill) Passed Senate, but not the House. This is the bad bill that strips less-then-fulltime workers of their state health benefits and directs them to buy benefits on their own from the still incomplete federal Health Benefits Exchange. Dental and vision coverage would not be available. OPPOSE Attacks On Collective Bargaining Rights: SSB 5891 DES Privatization Passed Senate, but not the House. This opens the door to widespread privatization of state services and jobs by exempting one large agency (Department of Enterprise Services) from the competitive contracting law, rules and our contracts. OPPOSE SSB 5916 Excess Compensation Now in Senate Rules Committee awaiting vote of full Senate The bill goes way beyond trying to fix pension spiking, by attacking legitimate use of overtime, especially at state institutions and in public safety in all pension plans. OPPOSE ESSB 5811 Wellness Passed Senate, but not the House. This bad bill is really an attack on the right to bargain over wellness issues, including the dollar amount spent for employee health care benefits. It stifles or end runs bargaining by mandating certain outcomes on your health insurance, including outcomes on premium increases or decreases. OPPOSE Natural Resource Jobs:
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Gov. Jay Inslee on May 3 signed into law the WFSE/AFSCME-initiated HB 1456 that clarifies that state employees can take advantage of the federal law allowing deductions for qualified transit and parking benefits to be taken out of paychecks before income taxes are assessed. Its actually a long overdue technical fix. So those state employees will end up with a little more take-home pay.It was part of the WFSE/AFSCME Green Caucuss priority of reducing our carbon footprint. The bills sponsor, Rep. Sam Hunt of the 22nd Dist. joined with WFSE/AFSCME members and DOT commute trip reduction (CTR) program staff as the governor signed the bill. Those at the bill signing for HB 1456 included (front row): Tim Welch, WFSE/ AFSCME public affairs director and union rep on the Interagency CTR Board; Joan Cullen, DOT CTR program (retired); Keith Cotton, DOTs manager of CTR programs; WFSE/AFSCME Lobbyist Matt Zuvich; Rep. Sam Hunt, 22nd Dist.; WFSE/AFSCME President Carol Dotlich; WFSE/AFSCME Lobbyist Alia Griffing; and Dennis Eagle, WFSE/AFSCMEs director of legislative and political action.
SHB 1935 Parks Funding Now in House Rules Committee awaiting vote of full House. Helps support House and governor funding levels over much lower Senate levels, and brings in accountability measures. More is needed, but this is a big step. SUPPORT E2SSB 5296 Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) Rewrite Passed Senate, but not the House. Rewrites voter-approved MTCA. Opponents argue it harms both prevention and cleanup efforts -dramatically impacting funding for prevention. Threatens Ecology jobs. OPPOSE Transportation Budget/Revenue: SHB 1954 Transportation Revenue Now in House Rules Committee. SUPPORT SB 5920 Transportation Revenue Senate Transportation Committee. SUPPORT HB 1955 Additive Funding - Transportation Now in House Rules Committee. SUPPORT SB 5921 Additive Funding Transportation Senate Transportation Committee. SUPPORT Both bills appropriate from several state accounts between $650 million and $700 million for various transportation-related projects.
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