May 12, 2009

Contract Ratification Gearing Up

Now that the health care article has been wrapped up, the ratification process for the Federation’s completed contracts can go forward.

Two contracts remain in negotiations: UW and WSU.

The ratification packets that will go out to some 30,000 General Government members are being printed this week to go in the mail next week. Summaries and the re-negotiated articles are now online at WFSE.org > Contract Center > General Government Contract Center.

Materials for the 2,500 members under the Higher Education Coalition contract are next up. Watch for those summaries and re-negotiated articles online later this week.

We’ll be doing the same for Eastern Washington University and UW Police Management over the next few days as well.

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