Thousands of Washington state workers lose out on wage hikes

Thousands of Washington state workers lose out on wage hikes

HeraldNet.com HeraldNet.com - Everett and Snohomish County news from The Daily Herald in Everett, Washington They rejected a new contract last fall. They approved one in recent weeks, but lawmakers said it arrived too late to be funded in the budget. Thousands of Washington state workers lose out on wage hikes Wire Service

Thousands of Washington state workers lose out on wage hikes • Washington State Standard

Members of the Washington Public Employees Association will go without a wage hike for a year. They turned down a contract last fall. They eventually ratified a new deal in March, lawmakers chose not to fund it in the budget. (Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard)Nearly 5,300 state government and community college employees in Washington won’t be getting a 3% pay raise in July when most other state workers will. That’s because those members…

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Thousands of Washington state workers lose out on wage hikes - Lynnwood Today

Members of the Washington Public Employees Association will go without a wage hike for a year. They turned down a contract last fall. They eventually ratified a new deal in March, lawmakers chose not to fund it in the budget. (Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard) Nearly 5,300 state government and community college employees in Washington won’t be getting a 3% pay raise in July when most other state workers will. That’s because those member…

Thousands of Washington State Workers Lose out on Wage Hikes

OLYMPIA, WA – Nearly 5,300 state government and community college employees in Washington won’t be getting a 3% pay raise in July when most other state workers will. That’s because those members of the Washington Public Employees Association did not ratify a new two-year contract until April 3, long past a statutory deadline and too tardy to be cribbed into the next state budget. “It came very, very late in the process and it would have been qui…