WSU WORKERS SAY YES TO WFSE/AFSCME!

Workers in one small Washington State University unit have finally won WFSE/AFSCME as their union—three months after the vote.

The latest result came Nov. 20 after the Public Employment Relations Commission ruled on a challenged ballot that could have affected the outcome in the WSU Instrument Shop election.

But PERC Executive Director Cathleen Callahan ruled the ballot would not be counted.

That meant the Aug. 13 vote of 3-2 for WFSE/AFSCME would stand.

As we told you at the time, nearly 72 percent of workers in another unit -- the WSU Maintenance, Utilities and Construction Services Bargaining Unit -- signed authorization cards for WFSE/AFSCME. PERC in August certified WFSE/AFSCME as their union. That unit has 142 workers.