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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Bargaining Update
NOTE: Most detailed bargain-
ing updates go in the mail to the
members covered by that re-
spective contract. But this latest
General Government update is
going in the newspaper to save
on the cost of a separate mail-
ing to those 30,000 covered by
that contract.
With the governor giving
the impression in the media
that nothing is happen-
ing at the bargaining table
because of the impasse
over the health care article,
your General Government
Bargaining Team decided
it’s time to be more explicit
about the progress your
team has made.
It’s similar to what other
bargaining teams have been
doing. But up to now the
General Government team
has hyper-respected the
contractual restrictions on
what can be said publicly.
So the team believes
this broad outline doesn’t
violate any contractual re-
strictions.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT TEN-
TATIVE AGREEMENTS SO FAR
Of the 54 articles (including
the Preamble), the Gen-
eral Government team has
reached tentative agreement
on 34:
Preamble
Article 1 – Union Recogni-
tion
2 – Non-Discrimination
5 – Performance Evaluation
7 – Overtime
8 – Training and Employee
Development
10 – Holidays
12 – Sick Leave
13 – Voluntary Employee
Beneficiary Association
14 – Shared Leave
15 – Family and Medical
Leave – Pregnancy Disabil-
ity Leave
18 – Leave Without Pay
19 – Work-Related Injury or
Illness
DSHS, DOC furlough
agreements
Negotiations have
wrapped up on the additional
furlough days in DSHS and
Corrections caused by the
governor’s order to cut 6.3
percent from the budget.
Both agreements miti-
gate the effects of the added
furloughs.
DSHS
The union’s DSHS team
reached agreement with the
management team led by
Secretary Susan Dreyfus in
the early morning hours of
Oct. 28.
The agreement saves the
November 2010
BARGAINING UPDATES
20 – Safety and Health
21 – Uniforms, Tools and
Equipment
23 – Travel
24 – Meals
25 – Commute Trip Reduction
and Parking
28 – Privacy and Off-Duty
Conduct
29 – Grievance Procedure
30 – Employee Assistance
Program
32 – Reasonable Accommo-
dation and Disability Separa-
tion
33 – Seniority
35 – Management Rights
37 – Union-Management
Communication Committee
40 – Dues Deductions/Status
Reports
41 – Classification
45 – Contracting
46 – Presumption of Resigna-
tion
47 – Workplace Behavior
48 – Childcare Center – Lake-
land Village
49 – Strikes and Lockouts
50 – Entire Agreement
51 – Savings Clause
One article (43 – Health Care
Benefits Amounts) is negoti-
ated at a coalition table.
One (26 – Housing) has been
referred to the Parks Supple-
mental Bargaining Team.
Other non-compensation ar-
ticles left on the table are:
3 – Bid System
4 – Hiring and Appointments
6 – Hours of Work
9 – Licensure and Certifica-
tion
11 – Vacation Leave
16 – Severe Inclement
Weather and Natural Disaster
Leave
17 – Miscellaneous Paid
Leaves
22 – Drug and Alcohol Free
Workplace
27 – Discipline
31 – Personnel Files
34 – Layoff and Recall
36 – Employee Rights
jobs of 160 DSHS workers,
has fewer furlough days for
previously exempt employees
than management originally
proposed and showed the
public our members have
innovative ideas to gener-
ate savings to offset furlough
days.
It also has a commit-
ment to use savings to offset
furloughs if possible.
Those previously exempt
will take eight furlough days
(not the nine originally pro-
posed by management).
Those who’ve been taking
furloughs will take two addi-
tional days in November and
May.
There’s a commitment to
pend all performance evalu-
ations until next June, unless
WFSE/AFSCME Washington State Employee
38 – Mandatory Subjects
39 – Union Activities
44 – Tobacco Free Workplace
52 – Printing of Agreement
53 – Term of Agreement
SUPPLEMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS
• Supplemental negotiations
in the Department of Trans-
portation and DSHS Institu-
tions also wrapped up with
tentative agreements on parts
of articles that will be folded
into the main contract.
• Supplemental negotiations
are pending in Parks.
• Overall, management did
not agree to negotiations on
most of the Federation’s sup-
plemental proposals in other
agencies. So the union filed
an unfair labor practice. The
Public Employment Relations
Commission held a hearing
on that ULP Oct. 18 and 19. A
decision is pending.
HIGHLIGHTS
The team can’t go into
explicit detail about every
article. Some articles listed
above retain current contract
language. But many articles
contain improvements.
For instance, at the Oct.
15 bargaining session, one of
the articles tentatively agreed
to was Article 47 – Workplace
Behavior (which we often
refer to as the anti-bullying
article). In this tentative agree-
ment, an employee’s options
to challenge inappropriate
workplace actions would be
expanded to include the abil-
ity to file grievances within
an agency. Current contract
language doesn’t allow any
grievances over inappropriate
workplace behavior.
TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS ARE
JUST THAT: TENTATIVE UNTIL
RATIFIED
absolutely necessary. 
 All other DOC employees
The agreement also has
important workload modifica-
tions. 
 December 2010 to June 2011.
And workers making less
than $2,500 a month will be
exempt.
Corrections
The union’s DOC Supple-
mental Bargaining Team and
the Department of Corrections
reached their furlough agree-
ment on Nov. 5.
Under the agreement,
DOC employees already sub-
ject to the 10 furlough days
imposed by the Legislature
will take an additional eight
hours (the equivalent of one
day) of furlough time in May
2011.
All articles agreed to are
tentative until the entire
contract is wrapped up
and General Government
members vote to ratify or
reject the entire contract.
So tentative agreements
are just that: not final
until you say so.
ALSO:
• On Article 42 – Com-
pensation, the team has
made it clear they are not
interested in takeaways.
Management proposed
taking away step increas-
es, more for political
reasons than financial
reasons. It’s a non-start-
er with our team.
• Overall, your General
Government Bargain-
ing Team has taken the
results of the survey
members completed a
few months back and
respected the priorities
you set.
• The team has also tak-
en the initiative when it
comes to making propos-
als and identifying solu-
tions – but management
often resists and doesn’t
respond to reasonable
approaches.
• The team has its eyes
focused on the overall
goal of getting to July 1,
2011 with a contract with
no takeaways.
UP NEXT:
The General Govern-
ment team has bargain-
ing set for Nov. 16-17,
Nov. 30-Dec. 1 and Dec.
9-10.
will take eight hours of fur-
lough time each month from
That’s the equivalent of seven
days.
DOC employees can take
their furlough time in incre-
ments of no less than four
hours at a time.
Both sides will work to set
up a pool of WFSE/AFSCME-
represented employees willing
to take voluntary furlough re-
ductions in hours to potentially
offset some of the mandatory
furloughs.
The first priority for any
offsets will be those who have
taken the furlough days man-
dated by the Legislature.
Other quick bargaining
updates:
Central Washington
University.
The CWU team has reached
tentative agreement on more
than 43 articles. Bargaining
was set to resume Nov. 19
with another session Dec. 7.
Community College
Coalition.
The team representing the
coalition of 12 community col-
leges has reached tentative
agreement on 35 articles, with
about 19 still on the table.
Bargaining continues Dec. 15.
Eastern Washington
University.
EWU members ratified the
respective contracts for
Bargaining Unit 1 and BU 2
Sept. 13. This was a “rollover”
contract to protect the good
contract they have, plus they
made additional gains.
The Evergreen State
College.
The TESC team has reached
tentative agreement on nearly
40 articles. Bargaining was
set to resume Nov. 18.
University of Washington.
The UW team has made great
progress, reaching tentative
agreement on more than 40
articles. But talks have stalled
on a number of key articles –
about 18. So the contract is
headed to mediation by the
Public Employment Relations
Commission (PERC). Me-
diation sessions were set for
Nov. 17 and 22.
UW Police Management.
The UW Police Management
contract is also headed to
mediation by PERC. A media-
tion session has been set for
Nov. 29.
Washington State
University.
The WSU contract is at im-
passe. The team has met with
a mediator from PERC four
times, with the latest session
Nov. 9.
Western Washington
University.
The WWU team has reached
tentative agreement on 48
articles with nine articles left
open:
Article 7 – Hours of Work
Article 11 – Vacation Leave
Article 17 – Suspended Op-
erations
Article 18 – Miscellaneous
Paid Leave
Article 21 – Uniforms, Tools
and Equipment
Article 35 – Layoff and Recall
Article 40 – Union Activities
Article 43 – Compensation
Article 44 – Health Care
Benefits Amounts (negotiated
at the Health Care Coalition
table; Brandon Taylor is the
team’s representative in that
bargaining)
Appendix F – Assignment Pay
WWU bargaining resumes
Dec. 15.
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benefits and the quality services we provide the
people of Washington. And we’re asking you to
join the WFSE/AFSCME Health Care Action Team.
On health care, the facts speak for themselves:
• The governor’s bargainers want state employees to pay 26 percent of their pre-
miums, a 117 percent increase over the current 12 percent. That would mean an
estimated pay cut of about $2,316 a year.

• All of us will need to press the Legislature to once again use health fund re-
serves to keep our benefits level in 2012 and 2013, the health plan years covered
by the next contract.

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Public Employees Benefits Board. At the Oct. 20 meeting, members from sever-
al locals packed the meeting room and asked the board to join the union in asking
for use of the reserves to save health benefits. One member told the board: “We
Wenatchee, Oct. 11.
all need to be able to pay for minimum necessities of life….What has been pro-
posed of further increases, it will be undoable for a number of individuals.”

• Meanwhile, the governor continues to speak out in the media against our
All of us in
goal of saving benefits. “I don’t have an extra penny…,” she told TVW Oct. 14.
“We can’t afford the escalating cost of health care and therefore we’re asking them
the union
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save benefits, she instead insists that if we get our way, she’ll just have to lay off activism.
more of our co-workers. So it’s your fault for standing up for decent health
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agency or institution, WFSE/
AFSCME can place your
shared leave request here and
online. Please include a contact
in your agency, usually in hu-
man resources, for donors to
call. E-mail the editor at tim@
wfse.org. Or call 1-800-562-
6002.
• The following could use a do-
nation of eligible unused annual
leave or sick leave or all or part
of your personal holiday:
Claudia Pearson, an office
assistant 3 with the Department
of Corrections in Seattle and a
member of Local 308, has been
approved for shared leave be-
cause of a recently diagnosed
chronic disease. Contact: Ran
Phin, (206) 516-7651, or Lydia
Zamora-White, (206) 516-7635.
April Elium-Allan, a financial
services specialist 3 with DSHS
in Lewis County and a mem-
ber of Local 862, is in need of
shared leave while recovering
from surgery. Contact: Your hu-
man resource consultant.
Robin Burkhart, an office
manager with the Department
of Health in Olympia and a
member of Local 443, is caring
for her mother who is battling
cancer. Her mother is currently
in the intensive care unit so
Robin has had to take more
time off than expected. Contact:
IN NEED
Vonda Marcum,
an office assistant 2
with the Department
of Labor and Indus-
tries in Tumwater
and a member of
Local 443, has had
a number of surger-
ies and has been off
work from her state
job and also a part-
time job she had to
make ends meet.
To help, the
Washington State
Employees Credit
Union has set up a
special account for
donations to help
Vonda with her medi-
cal bills and other
financial hardships
brought on by her se-
rious medical condi-
tion.
If you would like
to donate, go into
any WSECU branch
and ask to make a
donation into the ac-
count called “Shared
2 Savings – Medical
Bills” under Vonda
Marcum’s name.
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Marie Butler, (360) 236-4409 or
marie.butler@doh.wa.gov.
Daria Matte, a financial ser-
vices specialist 3 with DSHS
in Seattle and a member of
Local 843, has been approved
for shared leave because of
pre-term labor and was ordered
to stop working as of Oct. 16.
Contact: Tea’Launna Brown,
(206) 716-2301 or tealaunna.
brown@dshs.wa.gov.
Shareece Hayes, a social
worker 3 with DSHS in Seattle
and a member of Local 843,
has been approved for shared
leave for a medical matter.
Contact: Mark Lacy, (206) 923-
4930 (Mondays and Tuesdays),
(206) 691-2428 (Wednesdays)
or (206) 760-2468 (Thursdays
and Fridays), or laza300@
dshs.wa.gov.
Aldona (Donna) Ashman, an
administrative assistant 3 with
the Workforce Training and
Education Coordinating Board
in Olympia and a member of
Local 443, has been approved
for shared leave because of
a serious health condition.
Contact: Eleni Papadakis, EPa-
padakis@WTB.gov.wa.gov, or
Karla Thomas, (360) 753-5682.
Joe Ruby, a construction and
maintenance project specialist
lead with state Parks at Fort
Worden and a member of Local
1466, has been approved for
shared leave. Contact: Melanie
Watness, (360) 902-8687.
Ronda Rhinehart, an office
administrator 3 with the Depart-
ment of Corrections in Seattle
and a member of Local 308,
has been approved for shared
leave because of a flare up in
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her fibromyalgia. Contact: Ran
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David Morales-Chavez, a
hospital assistant at the Uni-
versity of Washington Medical
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emergency surgery this month.
He has exhausted all leave.
Contact David at moralesd@u.
washington.edu.
Where’s this worksite?
Linda Popp, a financial ser-
vices specialist 4 with DSHS
in Vancouver and a member of
Send your guesses by e-mail to tim@wfse.org or regular mail: Editor,
Local 313, has been approved 1212 Jefferson St. S.E., Suite 300, Olympia, WA 98501. Include your
for shared leave. Contact: Dan- name and mailing address. Deadline: Dec. 6. The first 10 readers with
iel Lozano, (360) 725-4823 or the correct answer who include their name and mailing address will
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Joan Selden, an office as- Tina Rodriguez-Berg, a finan- with the Employment Security
sistant 1 with the Department cial services specialist 4 with Department in Olympia and a
of Early Learning in Tumwa- DSHS in Smokey Point and a member of Local 443, will be
ter, is in need of shared leave member of Local 948, has been having surgery and is in need of
because of a serious medical approved for shared leave. shared leave. Contact: Sharon
condition. Contact: Lisa Em- Contact: your human resources Lindley, (360) 902-9532.
mett, (360) 725-4933. office.
Bonita Hill, an administrative
Augustine Rios, an agricultural Christopher Tabor, a sup- assistant 3 with the Department
inspector 3 with the Department port enforcement officer 2 with of Health in Olympia, had sur-
of Agriculture in Othello and DSHS in Seattle and a mem- gery because of two herniated
a member of Local 1299, is in ber of Local 843, is in need of disks. Contact: Sandy Rosscup,
need of shared leave because shared leave because of an (360) 236-4517.
of a serious staph inspection. extended recuperation follow-
Contact: Brandy Thompson, ing major foot reconstruction Doreen Clement, a DDS adju-
(509) 662-6161. surgery. Contact: Anita Blakely, dicator 3 with DSHS in Olym-
(206) 341-7385. pia, is in need of shared leave
Shirley White, a WorkFirst pro- for multiple serious illnesses.
gram specialist with DSHS in Debra Browning, an unem- Contact: your agency human
Federal Way and a member of ployment insurance specialist 3 resources office.
Local 843, has been approved
for shared leave. Contact: your
human resource office. IN MEMORIAM: Richard
Vicki White, a financial ser-
IN MEMORIAM Lee, a financial services
specialist 3 with DSHS in
vices specialist 3 with DSHS in IN MEMORIAM: Janis Olympia and a member of
Tacoma and a member of Local Baker, a DDS adjudicator 4 Local 443, died last month
53, is in need of shared leave with DSHS in King County after losing his battle with
for a serious medical condition.
and a member of Local 843, cancer. He was 52.
Contact: your human resource
died Oct. 8. She was 45.
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adam@sunrisedental.com
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 MEMBERS IN ACTION
Your local presidents meet
The second 2010 meeting of the Presidents’ Council met Nov. 6 in SeaTac to discuss strategies
for bargaining, but the budget and the Health Care Action campaign. From left: Max Phipps, Local
1020, Everett; Sandie Reynolds, Local 1181, Bremerton; Daniel D’Haem, Local 843, Human
Services, King County; Diana Smith, Local 396, Walla Walla; Rodolfo Franco, Local 304, Seattle;
Rene Christensen, Local 716, Goldendale; Randy Kurtz, Local 948, Human Services, Snohomish
County; Tracy Fosty-Wilson (secretary), Local 1060, Bellingham-Mount Vernon; Jim Pendleton,
Local 931, Eastern Washington University, Cheney; Diane Rauschenberg (VP), Local 491, Rainier
School, Buckley; Brian Yearout, Local 1466, Statewide Parks; Julianne Moore, Local 1326,
Yakima; Bruce Witham, Local 53, Tacoma; WFSE/AFSCME President Carol Dotlich; Kandy Kraig,
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WFSE/AFSCME President Carol Dotlich; Steve Halpain, Local 1221, Spokane; Beth Mason, Local
976, Seattle; Ronni Caudle, Local 976, Seattle; James Dannen, WFSE/AFSCME council represen-
tative; Mario Haynes, Local 53, Olympia; and Joe Michielli, Local 976, Seattle.
A delegation of WFSE/AFSCME members from Labor and Industries met with
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Henricksen; Shellie Swanson, Local 435, Employment Security, King County; Ginger Richard-
son, Local 308, Corrections, King County; Bill Copland, Local 1253, Tri-Cities; Ron Harshman,
Local 1291, Transportation, Pasco; James Robinson, Local 793, Western State Hospital/CSTC/
SCC/Oakridge, Lakewood; Judy Kuschel, Local 313, Vancouver; and Dan Petruso, Local 1221,
Spokane. Not in picture: Beth Mason, Local 976, Labor and Industries, King County; and Valdene
Kneisly (VP), Local 1225, Washington State School for the Blind/Washington State Center for Child-
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PICTURED: Front, L-R - Antoine Tran, Fred Lappert, Isabel Estrada, Janet Stewart and Huey
Nguyen; back row, L-R - Julio Amador, Don Paul, Justin Miller, Chante Richards and Lisa Bed-
LQJÀHOG They are represented by Local 843, which covers state Human Services in King County.
$20,000 settlement at Western State Hospital
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WFSE/AFSCME
members made
the difference in
Election 2010
WFSE/AFSCME member activists
devoted thousands of hours phone
banking, doorbelling, sign-waving
and talking to friends and neighbors
to elect good legislators and vote the WFSE/AFSCME members staged a full-court press
Rainier School Local 491 members wave signs in state
right way on ballot measures. against I-1082, which would have privatized workers’ comp
Sen. Pam Roach’s tough re-election campaign. Roach (in
foreground above) won with nearly 67 percent of the vote. and thrown 2,000 L&I members out of jobs. They and allies
from other unions held a counter-demonstration at L&I
headquarters in Tumwater Oct. 20 when building-industry
backers of the measure threw insults at L&I members
watching inside. In the end, voters rejected 1-1082.

Olympia Local 443 President Shellie Savage (with King County Employment Security Local 435
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