5/3/10

WSU Bargaining Update

Washington Federation of State Employees • AFSCME Council 28 • AFL-CIO www.wfse.org

Schedule of Survey issues hit the table.

negotiations:
Wed., April 14 At the April 29 bargaining session, a num- STILL ON THE TABLE:
Thu., April 29 ber of concerns raised in our recent bar- Proposals on the table, not agreed to:
Tue/Wed., May 11-12 gaining survey were proposed at the table:
• Appendices C-G describe our bargain-
Wed., May 19 • Extra holidays, personal days ing units. The University proposed
Tue/Wed, May 25-26
• Holiday pay equivalent to scheduled removing them, but because the reflect
Thu/Fri, June 3-4
shift (8 or 10) orders by the Public Employment Rela-
Mon/Tue., June 7-8
• Return to former vacation days tions Commission (PERC), the union
Mon/Tue., June 14-15
is not comfortable with the proposed
• All hours worked and all paid leave removal. Talks continue.
WSU Bargaining (including sick leave) to count toward
Team Roster: overtime. • Article 1, Scope and Interpretation,
section 1.1. A. includes a waiver that
Curt Bod WHERE WE AGREE: makes null and void all past practices,
Brett Clubbe • Both sides agreed to the existing prior understandings and agreements
Roger Eberhardt language for Article 7 (Seniority) and reached prior to 2009 (the beginning
David Goose Article 10 (Union/Management Meet- of our most recent contract). The
Yvonne Kibbee ings). team seeks to remove the waiver; the
Eric Needham University seeks to reset the waiver to
• Tentative agreeement on the Preamble 2011.
Lance Mitchell
and Article 2 (Non-discrimination) at
Gerry Stamper • Article 4, Union Rights and Respon-
our 4/14/10 session.
sibilitie; Article 5, Hours of Work; and
Lead Negotiator: WHERE WE NEARLY AGREE: Article 6, Job Processes were opened to
• The Union and Management agreed in address concerns raised by our recent
Tom Gunn
principle, but did not reach tentative survey (see Bargaining Update 4/28/10
tomg@wfse.org
agreement on Article 13. It may be for details).
Contact the amended to specify that the respon- • Article 8, Benefits. Our proposal
team: sibility to deliver ratified contracts to changes the Voluntary Retirement Ben-
info@wfse.org members (of the bargaining unit) lies efit Accounts (VEBA) to include de-
Please put “Message with the union (WFSE). Currently the ferred compensation of 1% for empoy-
for the WSU Bargaining language requires the union to supply ees, matched up to 2% by employer.
Team” in the subject line. the University with sufficient copies for
distribution and for the University to be WHAT’S NEXT:
Online at: repsonsible to deliver them to bargain- Our next session is May 11-12. The team
www.wfse.org > ing unit employees. plans to have all parts of the contract on
Bargaining Center > the table.
WSU Bargaining New lanuage, as agreed upon, may be The Union and the University are seeking
Team Info & News placed in a different location of the to resolve issues and work toward settle-
contract. The new location is still un- ment and while dealing with some sensi-
der discussion. tive issues, appear to be bargaining in good
faith.
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WSU Bargaining Update

5/3/10

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Washington Federation of State Employees
WFSE/AFSCME Council 28 • AFL-CIO

Salary Top ranked survey priorities

1. No furloughs. 4. No increase in parking fees.
Survey 2. Higher salary range for temporary up- 5. No contracting out.
Results: grades or working out of class.
Holiday pay equivalent to the employ-
6. Salary survey increase for classifica-
tions more than 20% behind.
Issues were rated ee’s work shift for all alternative work 7. Additional annual leave (accrural at 17).
1-16, with 1 being the schedule employees. 8. Alternative Work Schedule available to
most important and all bargaining unit employees.
16 the least important. Payment of overtime wages in the pe-
riod wages are earned. 9. Return President’s Day to holiday list.
Clusters of results 10. Two additional bereavement leave days.
varired by a minor 3. Overtime for time worked in exces of
degree and so are scheduled work shift. Hazard Pay for any work requiring a
reported here as ties. All leave (including sick leave) should safety harness or safety line.
be considered time worked in comput- 11. Change call-back process.
ing overtime. 12. Add Maintenance Mechanic 2.