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One bargaining unit decertifies, one unit maintains union

The state’s Public Employment Relations Commission this morning announced the results of the decertification elections for WSU bargaining unit 3 (skilled trades, representing about 220 employees) and bargaining unit 2 (housing and dining services supervisors representing nine employees). Employees in bargaining unit 3 voted 121-86 to decertify the union. As a result, employees formerly in […]

Union ‘disclaims’ bargaining units after Legislature adjourns

It has been a rollercoaster week for about 795 classified staff from Washington State University, with it all ending on a happy note. First the Washington Federation of State Employees “disclaimed interest” in three bargaining units, leaving them without representation and under the state’s Civil Service jurisdiction. The following day, WSU President V. Lane Rawlins said the university would fund […]