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Bargaining Update

Schedules:

UW negotiations:

 Aug. 26 & 27

Sept. 9 & 10

Sept. 15

Sept. 17

Sept. 23

Health CareCoalition negotia-

tions:

 Aug. 24

Contact the team:

info@wfse.org

Please put “Mes- 

sage for the UW 

Bargaining Team” in 

the subject line.

Online at:

www.wfse.org >

Bargaining Center 

> UW Bargaining

Team Info & News

Aug. 23, 2010 www.wfse.org

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

WFSE/ AFSCMECouncil28 • AFL-CIO

WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES

FAIRCONTRACT

NOW Bargaining starts on 2011-2013 UW contract

Your UW Bargaining Team at start of Aug. 18 negotiations session (from left): John Miller, Bothell Campus; Kay

Douglas (Library); Art Wake (Trades); Claude Theard (Consolidated Laundry); Nicole Kennedy (UMC); Jake White

(Library); Jesse Dailey (UW Main Campus); Katherine Rollins (Harborview); Remy Peters (Custodians); Paul

Bentson (Harborview); Jim Ritter (Trades); Tom Fowler (UMC); Joe Davenport (UW Main Campus); and Chief Ne-

gotiator Banks Evans. Not available for photo: Jill Burr (HMC Public Safety Ofcers); and James Stephan Wilson

(Custodians).

Your University of Washington BargainingTeam opened negotiations with management

Aug. 12.Bargaining sessions are scheduled into

September. It’s early but bargaining is already

moving at a swift pace.After two bargaining sessions, the team

had given management its initial contractproposals and bargained over several more.

Initial union proposals

At the rst session, Aug. 12, your team

presented 20 articles to management:

Article 7 - Union Dues and Deductions (thisproposal is driven by problems Olympia has

in getting the information to keep members’status current)Article 10-Employee Rights

Article 12-Uniforms and Special Clothing

Article 17-ContractingArticle 20-Licensure and CerticationArticle 22- Personnel Files

Article 23- DisciplineArticle 24- Grievance Procedure

Article 27- Holidays

Article 28 - VacationsArticle 29- Sick Leave

Article 30-Work Related Injury LeaveArticle 31-Family Medical Leave Act andParental Leave

Article 34-Inclement Weather/SuspendedOperations

Article 41 Wages and Other Pay ProvisionsArticle 42-Appointments and Positions

Article 43-Vacancies

Article 49- Seniority, Layoff, RehireArticle 53- Commute Trip Reduction andParking

Article (X not numbered yet) Mandatory

Subjects.

Management proposals

At the Aug. 18 session, managementpresented articles they want to change:

31 – Family and Medical Leave; and 40 –Overtime.

There was good give and take andindications that agreements are close on

some.

Thorough discussion took place on eightarticles the union had presented: 7, 10, 12,

17, 20, 22, 23 and 24.

WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES

HANDS

OFF!Healthcare

WFSE / AFSCME Council 28 • AFL-CIO

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NONPROFIT

US POSTAGE

PAID

OLYMPIA WA

PERMIT NO. 238

One of your contract articles – the one on funding ofyour health benets – is actually bargained at a separatetable with all state employee unions.

The Washington Federation of State Employees/ AFSCME represents about two-thirds of all stateemployees.

Nicole Kennedy of the UW Bargaining Team

represents you in those coalition negotiations.Health care bargaining started Aug. 10 and continues

Aug. 24.It’s clear the state wants to negotiate major takeaways.This top priority will require us to push back with all the

power we have. It will be a tough ght.

Union proposal

• The union wants to keep your share of health premiumsat the current 12 percent, with the state paying the current88 percent share.• Our initial proposal also aims to protect any surplus inyour health fund; we believe any surplus should be used toreduce your health costs. We proposed this because theLegislature has taken those surpluses and instead divertedthem to other parts of the budget. You ended up payingeven more. We want to bargain to make sure that neverhappens again.• Finally, we proposed a Health Reimbursement Accountso lower-paid employees can get a break on the higherhealth costs that hit them particularly hard.

Management position

• Management did not make a counterproposal. That isexpected Aug. 24.• Instead, the state’s bargainers made it clear they are notinterested in maintaining the current 88/12 premium split.• The state team claimed the only way to keep the current

We need to fght major health takeaways!88/12 premium split was to force dramatic increases inyour out-of-pocket costs – up to $2,100 per year in familydeductibles.• It appears they will propose a dramatic increase in yourpremium costs. They will argue that is the only way tokeep your out-of-pocket costs at current levels. In theiranalysis, that means your premium share would more thandouble to 25 percent, with the state share decreasing to 75percent.• Here is a summary of the numbers they provided us:

• We disputed their costs and offered a number ofalternatives to keep our proposal cost-neutral, includingclosing tax loopholes and reducing management.

This is a time to stand strong.

The facts are on our side.

And, on health care, the ght is right because it’s aght for the health and well being of our families.

Stay tuned. And tell us what public and private actionswe should take to ght the health takeaways. Check ourwebsite at www.wfse.org. Call our hotline at 1-800-562-6102. E-mail us at info@wfse.org.

Follow all bargaining online at www.wfse.org > Bargaining.Follow bargaining on the Federation’s Facebook Fan Pageand YouTube Channel (go to the links at www.wfse.org >WFSEc28 Community). Sign up for text messaging alertsat www.wfse.org > Text Alerts.