It is time to ratify our tentative agreement (TA) with the College. WPEA will be conducting an on-site ratification at Highline College, Building 8, in the Mt. Skokomish room on Thursday, September 25th, from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm.
If members would like to vote and will not be present during that time, please reach out to Amanda Hacker at amanda@wpea.org , or call her at (360) 489-2315.
The TA is attached to this email – the attachments mentioned in the TA are also provided. Those are compensation and healthcare TAs from the HE master agreement, including appendices with individual classification increases. This also includes the language about deferred compensation, which will assure that members receive back pay for lost wages in the current fiscal year.
If the TA does not mention a particular section of the contract, then there are no changes to the current contract language. You can find the current contract language here! Current Contract Language
Votes will be counted on Thursday, and results will be announced in the Friday dispatch. Please take time to thank your WPEA Bargaining Team members: George Babcock, Sarah Delaplaine, Dana Rollins, and Lauri Spivey, who went above and beyond to ensure that members at Highline got the best contract possible.
-Amanda Hacker
President
Washington Public Employees Association
Take a moment to review the TA’s below:
- HighlineTA PDF – final TA from most recent round of negotiations
- Article42 PDF – this is the compensation article from the HE master contract that we use for our compensation article for Highline
- Article42DeferredComp PDF – this is the language that covers backpay for the 2025-2026 fiscal year
- ArticleXHeatherCare PDF – this is the Healthcare Article that is negotiated in a coalition with other labor unions who fall under RCW 41.8https://weonmicrosoftcom782-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/kyle_wpea_org/EeyA6hrgbQ9AsQg6XxZLINcBDZx_dCU-CGZlIMU41dXKIg?e=w1B6ae
- MOUMdclFlxbleSpnding PDF – MOU that came out of the Healthcare coalition table that is included in the contract along with the Heathcare TA
- MOUAppendixM – list of targeted classification increases
- MOUAppendxX – list of positions impacted by the $18 per hour minimum wage increase
