GG and HE Contract Changes
Range Increases (HE + GG Members) If your classification gets a range increase, you keep your current step in the new range. Example: Range 40 Step D moves to Range 41 Step D. You don’t lose your step placement when a range goes up. Paid Union Meeting Time (HE Members Only) From
WPEA 2026 Contracts Ratified!
Your 2026 Contract After a hard-fought campaign, we’ve officially ratified the 2026 Contracts for both Higher Education and General Government. This did not come easily, it was earned through your persistence, your solidarity, and your refusal to back down. Every conversation, ev
2026 WPEA General Government and Higher Education Contract Ratification Vote
Its officially time – we have reached a Tentative Agreement for the General Government and Higher Educations contracts. You will be able to cast your ratification vote starting August 22nd at 5am, running through September 14th at 11:59pm. This Tentative Agreement is the result o
Bargaining Update Across Units
Higher Education (HE) and General Government (GG) bargaining tables have both reached tentative agreements. Meanwhile, Highline College has yet to return to the bargaining table, leaving members without progress toward a deal. At the same time, new bargaining is just beginning fo
BC staff Kevin Vitz-Wong is representing BC at the bargaining table
BC staff Kevin Vitz-Wong is representing BC at the bargaining table. Show support by wearing blue, wearing a WPEA button, observing bargaining (join the WPEA Discord for bargaining session links) ( https://www.wpea.org/discord.html) Notify WPEA If you are absorbing work f rom vac
Write Your Legislators – July 1st!
FULL DETAILS Despite the vital work WPEA members do in higher education, our pay still lags behind other state employees doing similar work. Lawmakers had a chance to fix this in the 2025 budget—they chose not to. But the fight isn’t over. Starting July 1st, we’re launching a let
CALL TO ACTION – July 1st – Write Your Legislators!
Write Your Legislators – July 1st! Despite the critical work we do in Washington’s higher education system, state employees continue to be paid less than others doing comparable work. Even worse, the state failed to fund WPEA contracts in the 2025 budget, leaving WPEA members eve
Delays by OFM
The state opened with a proposal to delay our previous TA until July 2026—unacceptable. We responded with full proposals and had extensive discussion. They may agree to an MOU to […]
Letter to the President
Hello Clark College WPEA Members, The Clark College WPEA Leadership team recently sent a letter to President Edwards, asking her to contact the Governor and ask him not to sign the budget that excludes WPEA member raises. The letter can be found below. We will keep you all up-to-
Stewards: Ensure our Contracts are Funded
WPEA Logo Final push to fund our contracts Hi , We need your help. The legislature is finalizing the budget, and that means we are in the final stretch to secure funding for our contracts. We negotiated them. We ratified them. Now it’s time to make sure they get funded — and stew