Bargaining team election ballots going out this week

Ballots for the various bargaining teams (in technical terms, the traditional state employee teams covered by the Personnel System Reform Act of 2002) go out this week. This is for the negotiations starting early next year for 2013-2015 contracts.

However, for positions where the number of nominees equaled the number of positions, those nominees have been appointed/elected by acclamation. There will be no election.

Finally, several positions got no nominees, so the Federation president will appoint. To help you sort all this out, below are three lists:

POSITIONS WITH ELECTIONS

Ballots for these positions will go out this week. Because the ballots will list the candidates, we won’t list the candidates here. Those ballots will be due back to WFSE/AFSCME Headquarters by Nov. 14, 2011. Those positions with elections are:

General Government Bargaining Team:

• Agriculture; Corrections; Ecology; Enterprise Services/Consolidated Technology Services Agency; Health; Labor and Industries; Licensing; Transportation (Westside); Veterans Affairs; Employment Security; Miscellaneous General Government agencies; Parks and Recreation; DSHS/Children’s Administration; DSHS/Community Services Division; DSHS/DD Field Services/SOLA; DSHS/DD Institutions (Westside); DSHS/Division of Child Support; DSHS/Eastern State Hospital; DSHS/Home and Community Services; DSHS/JRA Institutions, Juvenile Parole and Group Homes; and DSHS/Western State Hospital.

University of Washington Bargaining Team:

• Harborview Medical Center – 2 At-Large Positions; UW Campuswide/Trades Bargaining Unit (2 seats); UW Campuswide/At-Large (2 seats); and University of Washington Medical Center – 2 At-Large Positions.

POSITIONS ELECTED/APPOINTED BY ACCLAMATION

Candidates for the following positions were elected/appointed by acclamation because nominations equaled the number of positions available:

General Government Bargaining Team:

1. Department of Fish & Wildlife:  Bryan Quinton
2. Office of the Insurance Commissioner:  Wendy Conway
3. DSHS/All Other:  Robin Windhausen [RCS]
4. DSHS/DD Institutions/Eastside & Consolidated Support Services:  Julianne Moore
5. DSHS/Special Commitment Center:  Eliga Sacks

Higher Education Coalition Bargaining Team:

1. Community Colleges of Spokane:  Rick Halverson
2. Everett Community College:  Max Phipps
3. Green River Community College:  Todd Henderson
4. Lower Columbia College:  Peter Hansen
5. Lower Columbia College:  Vicki Echerd
6. Peninsula College:  Jerry Machenheimer
7. Seattle Community Colleges:  Rodolfo Franco
8. Seattle Community Colleges:  Frank Deering
9. South Puget Sound Community College:  Terry Verone
10. South Puget Sound Community College:  Merrie Raymond-Haskey
11. Tacoma Community College:  Angie Simpson
12. Tacoma Community College:  Laurie Harmon
13. Whatcom Community College:  Sharon Maupin

Eastern Washington University Bargaining Team:

1.    EWU:  Pat Terrell
2.    EWU:  David Sundstrom
3.    EWU:  Craig Walker
4.    EWU:  Quincy Burns
 

The Evergreen State College Bargaining Team:

1. TESC:  Lana Brewster
2. TESC:  Kirk Talmadge
3. TESC:  Laura Carpenter
4. TESC:  Lin Crowley
5. TESC:  Steve Johnson
6. TESC:  Rachel Burke

University of Washington Bargaining Team:

1. Bothell Campus At-Large:  John Miller
2. UW Campus-Wide Bargaining Unit/Custodian:  Eduardo "Ed" Vazquez & Francisca Flores
3. UW Library Bargaining Unit:  Elisa Coghlan & James “Jake” White

POSITIONS WHERE APPOINTMENTS WILL BE NEEDED

Appointments will need to be made in the following positions because no nominations were received for any or all seats available:

General Government Bargaining Team:

1. Department of Commerce:  (1 Team Member Allowed) 1 Member Needs to be Appointed
2. Department of Early Learning:  (1 Team Member Allowed) 1 Member Needs to be Appointed
3. Department of Natural Resources:  (1 Team Member Allowed) 1 Member Needs to be Appointed
4. Department of Transportation/Eastside:  (1 Team Member Allowed) 1 Member Needs to be Appointed
5. Health Care Authority:  (1 Team Member Allowed) 1 Member Needs to be Appointed
6. Military Department:  (1 Team Member Allowed) 1 Member Needs to be Appointed
7. Washington School for the Blind and Center for Deafness & Hearing Loss:  (1 Team Member Allowed) 1 Member Needs to be Appointed
8. Washington State Patrol:  (1 Team Member Allowed) 1 Member Needs to be Appointed
9. DSHS/Department of Vocational Rehabilitation:  (1 Team Member Allowed) 1 Member Needs to be Appointed

Higher Education Coalition Bargaining Team:

1. Bellevue College:  (1 Team Member Allowed) 1 Member Needs to be Appointed
2. Centralia Community College:  (2 Team Members Allowed) 2 Members Need to be Appointed
3. Community Colleges of Spokane:  (3 Team Members Allowed) 1 Member by Acclamation; 2 Members Need to be Appointed
4. Everett Community College:  (2 Team Members Allowed) 1 Member by Acclamation; 1 Member Needs to be Appointed
5. Green River Community College:  (2 Team Members Allowed) 1 Member by Acclamation; 1 Member Needs to be Appointed
6. Seattle Community Colleges:  (3 Team Members Allowed) 2 Members Appointed by Acclamation; 1 Member Needs to be Appointed
7. Shoreline Community College:  (2 Team Members Allowed) 2 Members Need to be Appointed

Central Washington University Bargaining Team:

• CWU:  (9 Team Members Allowed) 9 Members Need to be Appointed

Eastern Washington University Bargaining Team:

• EWU:  (9 Team Members Allowed) 4 Members Appointed by Acclamation; 5 Members Needs to be Appointed

The Evergreen State College Bargaining Team:

• TESC:  9 Team Members Allowed) 6 Members Appointed by Acclamation; 3 Members Need to be Appointed

Washington State University Bargaining Team:

• WSU:  (9 Team Members Allowed) 9 Members Need to be Appointed

Western Washington University Bargaining Team:

• WWU:  (9 Team Members Allowed) 9 Members Need to be Appointed

University of Washington Bargaining Team:

• UW:  PAC Lab, Friday Harbor & Consolidated Laundry as a Coalition, At-Large (1 Team Member Allowed) 1 Member Needs to be Appointed

University of Washington Police Management Bargaining Team:

• UWPM: The bargaining team must have at least two members. At least two members need to be appointed.

POSITIONS ALREADY APPOINTED BY WFSE/AFSCME PRESIDENT CAROL DOTLICH:

Two appointments for positions where no nominations were received have been made, both on the University of Washington Bargaining Team:

1. UW PSO’s Bargaining Unit (HMC):  Jill Burr
2. Tacoma Campus/At-Large:  Kim Shaw