If you haven’t yet registered, all are welcome to the family-friendly workshop on implicit bias and race this Thursday, June 3rd from 6–8 PM, being hosted by the Southwest Washington Central Labor Council.
 
This workshop is being presented by Kasi Perreira, the Washington State Labor Council’s Director of Racial and Gender Justice, and will be a fantastic opportunity to continue thinking and working toward racial and gender justice in our communities, organizations, families, and beyond. 
 
Here is the registration link; you must register in advance to attend:
http://bit.ly/SWWAworkshop
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WPEA employees at our various colleges throughout the state may find themselves at different points in the ctcLink onboarding process, but one thing is clear to all, regardless of where you and your college are at in the process, there is a large list of questions and concerns surrounding ctcLink. Preparation, training, the functionality, accuracy, security, confidentiality, the processes, changes to how your job functions, and many more have been brought up for consideration. As announced during the WPEA District Meeting, we are establishing a ctcLink Committee to facilitate member conversation, outline member concerns, collate data, but most importantly, to establish a forum for our members to come together to discuss and do these things. The ability of the WPEA to represent our members collectively on this topic is tied directly to our collective knowledge of the topic itself…and that doesn’t happen without you! 


Executive Board Vice President and Steward at Cascadia College, Julia Williams, is in the thick of this process herself and has agreed to chair this committee. Our thanks go out to Julia but we need individuals from every college to participate on this committee for it to be a true success. 

To join the committee/or just be part of the conversation please click here to email us 

WPEA is excited to announce that all 3 of our contracts, that were put to a vote this week, have now been ratified.  We look forward to a great two year contract!     

Higher Ed           99.2% YES
General Gov      76.8% YES
Highline             94.3% YES

If you would like to be a part of the bargaining team next time, please let us know by contacting the main office or through your staff representative. 


View TA for Highline Here
View TA for Higher Education Here
​View TA for General Government Here

The District Meeting has been rescheduled for the evening of December 15.  We will be having just one big meeting so everyone can come and meet/greet our President-elect Dana Hoffman.
 
Looking forward to seeing you next week Tuesday evening!

 Date: December 15, 2020
Time: 6:00pm
 
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