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Higher Education, General Govenment, and Highline return to bargaining in June
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The 2024 Bargaining Journey!
WPEA bargaining teams began negotiating the 2025–2027 contracts in spring and summer 2024. However, progress was slower than hoped, leading to a recommendation to vote "no." In September 2024, five WPEA bargaining units rejected their tentative agreements. Negotiations resumed for two of those contracts in October, and both were ratified by December 2024. The remaining three contracts did not move forward. Beginning in October, disputes between WPEA and the Office of Financial Management escalated, eventually leading to legal action against the state. After returning to the bargaining table, new tentative agreements were reached in March 2025, and all three outstanding contracts were ratified in April 2025. May 20th, 2025, Governor Bob Ferguson signed the 2025 state operating budget without calling a special session, resulting in the HE, GG, and Highline contracts needing to be renegotiated.
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