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"The tax plan before Congress is a terrible deal for Washington state. At a time of economic inequality in our nation, we must not increase taxes on many working families or blow a $1.5 trillion hole in the federal budget just to help the wealthiest Americans and corporations. This bill also would result in hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians losing health coverage." - Gov. Jay Inslee
Members in the Student Support Services Unit (SSSU) at Tacoma Community College (TCC) yesterday (Dec. 14) unanimously ratified their new (2017-2019) contract.
This unit bargains under a different law than most other AFSCME Council 28 (WFSE) Higher Education and General Government members so has a different timetable.
GOVERNOR UNVEILS SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET; MORE FOR QUALITY CARE, KIDS, PUBLIC SAFETY, PARKS
Inslee proposes supplemental budget that finally enacts capital-construction budget, upgrades to institutions, natural resources, public safety, parks higher education
Gov. Jay Inslee today (Dec. 14) proposed a 2018 Supplemental Budget including the full 2017-2019 Capital-Construction Budget.
That $4.5 billion plan still has not passed because the former Senate majority refused to vote on it.
Local 1066 at Washington State University in Pullman has a new slate of officers elected last night (Dec. 6) as the local joins the common-sense effort to not balance WSU’s budget on the backs of students, workers and vital programs.
Local 1066’s new officers: President Michelle Edenso; Vice President Victor Edenso; Secretary Eric Needham; Treasurer Deb Haupt; Executive Board - Derek Jones, Nate Smith; and Trustees John Baldwin, Brad Wilson.
Twenty-four WFSE/AFSCME members and staff completed a two-day Stewards in Action "Train the Trainer" course yesterday and today (Dec. 6-7) at the Olympia Field Office. Members became "Member Educators" and will be teaching other new stewards along side staff. What's on the signs they're holding? personal tips to new stewards.
