WWU, classified employees' union agree to pay hikes for next two years

The Washington Federation of State Employees said it reached contract agreements for classified employee groups at Western Washington University and The Evergreen State College on Tuesday, Sept. 16.

Both agreements provide 3 percent cost-of-living pay adjustments in July 2015 and another 1 percent in July 2016 - and an automatic upward adjustment if workers in state general-government agencies secure larger raises than that.