Senate Legislative Assistants
New! Save the date – The first day of bargaining is May 12th!
Share Your Input on Overtime (OT)
WPEA Logo Overtime Improvements & Bargaining Input Hi , We need your input on overtime improvements. Your bargaining team is preparing to negotiate potential changes to our overtime (OT) process, and your feedback will directly shape our priorities at the table. We’re asking all
Holding the Line on Wages
WPEA Logo Standing Strong: Bargaining Heads to Mediation Good afternoon, We want to provide a brief update on contract bargaining. After approximately 15 sessions, management has indicated they are unwilling to move further in our direction on employee compensation. While we have
Title ll Bargaining Information & Updates
WPEA Logo Title II Bargaining Update & Meetings Hi , Over the past two months, your union has been actively engaged with the College through LMCC discussions about the implementation of new federal Title II accessibility requirements. These requirements significantly expand expec
Senate Legislative Assistants
Senate Staff Seek Union Representation Policy and communications staff in the Senate Democratic Caucus have filed to unionize with WPEA, expanding organizing efforts among legislative workers. If successful, they’ll join existing unionized staff and take part in future contract n
WPEA Executive Board Resolutions
PROCESS How workers organize collective action through… Patterns Many workplace problems start the same way. A worker experiences something frustrating: a schedule change, a confusing policy, or a decision that doesn’t seem consistent. At first, it may feel like an individual s
Campus Move — Volunteers Needed!
Campus Move — Volunteers Needed! WPEA has filed a Demand to Bargain over the campus move and has already met with management multiple times. Right now, management’s position is that this move has no impact on employees. Meanwhile, WPEA staff—including union legend Deb Montez (you
Highline College
Big Win! The Highline WPEA contract is staying LOCAL! To keep the momentum going, we need a Bargaining Team ready by April 1st. We’ll be using a new “Interest-Based Bargaining” model this year—check out this video to see what it’s about. This is the same model that Highline fac
WPEA Political Action Committee (PAC)
POWER Escalation https://www.wpea.org Workers sometimes bring forward a reasonable request and hear the same response: “We can’t do that right now.” Months later, the same issue appears again. More workers raise it. Meetings happen. Eventually, the decision changes. If the issue
Steward Workshop: Difficult Supervisors
POWER Escalation https://www.wpea.org Workers sometimes bring forward a reasonable request and hear the same response: “We can’t do that right now.” Months later, the same issue appears again. More workers raise it. Meetings happen. Eventually, the decision changes. If the issue