unions
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| State employees' union files grievance over health account | Washington’s largest state employee union has filed a labor-contract grievance against the state, asking for a $17.7 million refund from a health-benefits account. The account had a surplus from which the Legislature removed about $118 million to help balance the budget this year. Gov.… |
2012-07-25 | |
| Message to Gregoire: Don't coldcock Western Washington University | Instead of flying off on a trade junket to Europe -- Dublin was Thursday's stop -- Gov. Chris Gregoire should have headed up Interstate 5 to Western Washington University. She chose, rather, to send (and publicize) a letter coldcocking WWU for daring to sign a contract with small salary… |
2012-07-06 | |
| Gregoire chastises WWU president over giving faculty big pay raises | Gov. Chris Gregoire has chastised Western Washington University for giving "significant salary increases" to faculty during a poor economy while students faced tuition hikes of 16 percent. "In the worst economic times in 80 years, I am surprised that Western has entered… |
2012-07-05 | |
| Public School Employees announces local scholarships | 2012-06-01 | ||
| 258 at Evergreen dodge state pay cuts | Nearly 260 union-represented staffers at The Evergreen State College are avoiding 3 percent pay cuts July 1, reversing an agreement the Washington Federation of State Employees and college had reached previously in a one-year contract. |
2012-05-14 | |
| Workers for Western's dining vendor to hold union vote | Aramark dining services workers at Western Washington University filed Thursday, April 26, for a secret ballot election to organize into the Service Employees International Union Local 925. |
2012-04-27 | |
| PSE offers scholarships to union members and their families | 2012-03-14 | ||
| Union rejection to reopen contracts may trigger cuts | As part of her budget reduction package, Gov. Chris Gregoire asked state employee union leaders to reopen their collective bargaining contracts so the state could reduce the amount it spends on monthly health care premiums. The state currently allocates $850 monthly per employee. Reducing… |
2011-11-09 | |
| Union opposes governor's suggestion to cut benefits | Citing a looming budget shortfall, Gov. Chris Gregoire's office on Wednesday asked union-represented government workers to consider cutting their health-care benefits to save the state money. |
2011-10-28 | |
| University, PSE of WWU reach tentative labor agreement | 2011-08-18 |