Contract Ratification in Full Swing

Most members are voting by mail on the re-negotiated 2009-2011 contracts brought on by these tough economic times.

And the value of having a contract is never more important than right now as demands to bargain over layoffs have amped up. The ability to bargain those impacts and mitigate job losses would not be possible without a contract.

Ballots for General Government, Washington State University and the 13 Higher Education Coalition campuses voting by mail have all been sent out, all with a due date of June 12. The ballot count for General Government will start June 15. The ballot count for the other mail ballots will start June 18.

Everett Community College votes onsite June 16, with the ballot count the same day.

Western Washington University is also voting onsite, but the date hasn’t been set yet.

Here’s the status of the other Higher Education contracts:

• Washington State University. Mail ballots went out May 26 with a due date of June 12. The vote count is June 18.
  
  
• Eastern Washington University BU I and BU II will vote onsite but the date hasn’t been set yet.
  
  
• UW Police Management reached final agreement yesterday, May 26. The date of the onsite vote hasn’t been set yet.
  
  
• The University of Washington contract is still in mediation.

For information and summaries of the re-negotiated contracts, go to the Federation website at www.wfse.org > Contract Center.