The Washington Federation of State Employees and Washington State University arrived at a tentative contract agreement on Monday, Sept. 27. The next step will be for all employees working in a position covered by a WSU/WFSE contract to vote on ratification of the new contract. The vote will occur 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, […]
Contract negotiation update: 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24. Several developments in the negotiations between Washington Federation of State Employees and Washington State University have occurred in the past two days, including:* WFSE and WSU have presented each other with their own “complete package proposals” for the collective bargaining agreement. * The two negotiation teams are […]
Contract negotiation update: At about 1:10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, the WFSE delivered a full counter proposal to WSU administrators regarding the final four articles in the proposed contract. That proposal is now being considered by the university. It includes a request for “union security” and a full insertion of the layoff procedures as found in the […]
WSU and union negotiators, representing the Washington Federation of State Employees, have been working nonstop on a contract the past few weeks, in an effort to meet a state deadline of Oct. 1. As of Aug. 3, both parties had tentatively agreed to 19 articles, including various kinds of leave and childcare, holidays, savings clause […]
It’s going to be a l-o-n-g summer for those involved in contract negotiations between Washington State University and the Washington Federation of State Employees — the union representing approximately 1,250 WSU classified staff employees who are covered by one of five WFSE collective bargaining agreements. Contract negotiations began in mid January and have been progressing […]
Five Washington State University bargaining units, currently represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees, filed petitions on March 16 to request decertification (to no longer be represented by the union). The requests were sent to the Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC). WFSE and WSU received copies of the decertification forms. PERC is the only […]
Contract negotiations between Washington State University and the Washington Federation of State Employees hit a major bump in the road recently when the union requested full paid release time for nine WSU union representatives involved in the talks. In short, university negotiators previously had offered to pay for some release time for seven negotiators, but […]
Jim Sterk, who has served as WSU athletic director since July 2000, has signed a new five-year contract with the university, with a base pay of $173,825. The Cougars are coming off another successful football campaign, becoming the first Pac-10 team since the 1930s to win 10 games in three consecutive seasons. WSU finished the […]
Think small. R-e-a-l s-m-a-l-l ! That’s the kind of thinking that has netted the researchers in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and the Center for Materials Research a whopping $7 million in funding. The Army Space and Missile Defense Command together with sponsorship by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are backing WSU […]