As WPEA's BBQ season wraps up, we would like to thank everyone who helped plan, coordinate, and cook delicious burgers and hot dogs.  Our members, past and present,  make events, like our summer BBQ's, possible.  Thank you for a great summer!   

If your campus would like to participate in our BBQ season next year please let us know!  Contact President Kent Stanford to find out more.

The WPEA Scholarship winners have been announced! Please help us congratulate our winners and wish them best of luck in their return to school this fall. 

Noemi Rodriguez, member from Skagit Valley College - $3,000 
Kaley McCauley, member from Columbia Basin College - $3,000
Erich Rentz, family of Jennifer Rentz, member from Skagit Valley College - $1,000
Erich Atwell, family of Angela Atwell, member from Skagit Valley College - $1,000
Sheena Davis, member from Bellevue College - $1,000
Marah Selves, member from Cascadia College - $1,000
Mark Lann, member from Department of Revenue - $250
Indira Hazbic, member from Highline College - $250
Vicky Montgomery, member from Highline College - $250
Michelle Clark, member from Washington State School for the Blind - $250

(Aug. 9, 2018) — Today, members of the Washington Federation of State Employees, AFSCME Council 28 are having a Fair Pay and Real Opportunity Day of Action with WFSE bargaining teams that are currently negotiating wages, rights and working conditions holding Unity Breaks across the state.

TAKE A STAND — All union members and community supporters of quality public services can stand in unity with state employees today by contacting Gov. Jay Inslee. Send an email to the governor urging him to agree to fair pay and affordable health care for all state employees. And tell him it’s time to address their rising out-of-pocket costs.
Washington’s dedicated state employees care for the sick and elderly, keep our communities safe, maintain our roads, protect our parks and environment, and provide many other essential public services. But WFSE reports that 87% of our state employees are behind market rate for wages.

That’s partly because of pay cuts, freezes and other sacrifices these public employees made during the last economic downturn. It’s time to close the gap on pay for state employees!

Please send an email to Gov. Inslee today urging him to agree to fair pay and affordable health care for all state employees.

Short URL: http://www.thestand.org/?p=68869