Our Higher Education Bargaining Team has engaged in bargaining with the Employer since April, but we are still far from being able to report any substantial progress. The representatives for the State have failed repeatedly to engage in active bargaining and to meet their legal obligation. The WPEA filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) with the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) on July 29 in the hopes of triggering significant response and motivating the Employer to come to the table and bargain in good faith.
Read the ULP that the WPEA filed against the State.
Additionally, we have sent a letter to the Joint Committee on Employment Relations (JCER), advising them of the conditions of this bargain and asking them to exert their influence to assist in the process.
Read the JCER letter that WPEA sent.
We need the Employer engage and bargain and to do that, we ALL must pitch in to help our Union siblings that are represented by this contract.
You are the Union! Make your voice heard!
So, what do you need to do? Just send the Employer a message…bargain in good faith! Below are two buttons with slightly different messages. Send a more personal message if you are a member of this HE contract, or send a message showing your support and solidarity as a WPEA member.