HOTLINE 2/28/18This is the Federation Hotline updated Feb. 28.
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HOTLINE 2/27/18This is the Federation Hotline updated Feb. 27.
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HOTLINE 2/26/18This is the Federation Hotline updated Feb. 26.
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HOTLINE 2/22/18This is the Federation Hotline updated Feb. 22.
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HOTLINE 2/21/18This is the Federation Hotline updated Feb. 21.
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HOTLINE 2/20/18This is the Federation Hotline updated Feb. 20. WEATHER CANCELLATION: Tonight’s Local 443 meeting cancelledThe February Local 443 General Membership Meeting scheduled for tonight in Olympia (Tuesday, Feb. 20) has been cancelled because of inclement weather. The scheduled business will be taken up in March. The Local 443 Executive Board voted 12-0 to cancel the Local 443 meeting in the interest of safety. Supplemental budget hearings underwayThe House Democratic majority unveiled its proposed supplemental budget Tuesday (Feb. 20). It’s similar to the plan… more… | ||
HOTLINE 2/19/18This is the Federation Hotline updated Feb. 19. Senate first out of gate with supplemental budget proposalThe Senate Democratic majority on Monday (Feb. 19) released its proposed supplemental budget – the off-year budget that tweaks the major two-year operating budget adopted last year. The House plan is expected tomorrow. Overall, the Senate plan (SB 6032) appears to use increased revenue to help people. We’ll scour it for the pluses and minuses and outline them at the… more… | ||
HOTLINE 2/15/18This is the Federation Hotline updated Feb. 15. Latest state revenue forecast good, but...The state Economic and Revenue Forecast Council today released its latest revenue forecast. It shows a total increase of $1.3 billion in the four-year outlook period. “The extraordinary revenue growth will allow us to meet our legal and moral obligation to our public schools and to mental health care,” said Sen. Christine Rolfes of the 23rd Dist, chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee. House and Senate leaders say the supplemental budget proposals they… more… | ||
HOTLINE 2/14/18This is the Federation Hotline updated Feb. 14. Priority bill for DOC members passes HouseThe state House yesterday (Feb. 13) unanimously passed the peer-support counselor bill called for by our DOC members. HB 2611 would give Community Corrections officers and specialists the same post-incident privileged communications protections as other law enforcement officers when talking to peer support counselors. … more… | ||
HOTLINE 2/13/18This is the Federation Hotline updated Feb. 13. Big news as two more priority bills passIt was a late Monday and early Tuesday at the Capitol as the House passed two more of our priority bills – the part-time employees bill and the Taxpayer Protection Act. The House Monday night (Feb. 12) passed the bill to leave no doubt and add part-time state employees to civil service. HB 2669 passed on a vote of 50-47. It now goes to the Senate. And thanks to your… more… | ||
HOTLINE 2/12/18This is the Federation Hotline updated Feb. 12. URGENT REMINDER: Public Safety Conference RSVP deadline is Feb.16This Friday is the deadline for registration for this year’s AFSCME Northwest Region Public Safety Conference
This is an opportunity for Law Enforcement members to join with other LE union brothers and sisters at the Biennial AFSCME Northwest Public Safety Conference. Attendees will hear about issues important to public… more… | ||
HOTLINE 2/9/18This is the Federation Hotline updated Feb. 9. What’s on tap for next weekThe first committee cut-off deadlines were earlier this week so action shifts to the full Senate and House. Most Senate bills must pass the full Senate by Feb. 14 and most House bills must pass the House by Feb. 14. That’s next Wednesday. We need to keep the calls coming in to legislators now on four key bills that need that last push for floor votes. Call Legislature’s toll-free message center on four key bills PSERS (… more… | ||
HOTLINE 2/8/18This is the Federation Hotline updated Feb. 8. Latest Children’s Lobby Day brings Spokane members’ message to their legislators; make plans now for Presidents' Day Lobby DayA group of Spokane Local 1221 members from DSHS Children’s Administration were at the Capitol today for the latest CA Lobby Day. The Local 1221 group met in the morning with their 7th Dist. Sen. Shelly Short and one of their House members, Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber. They made the case for adequate caseloads and to keep the ball rolling next year on the social worker student loan repayment bill… more… | ||
HOTLINE 2/7/18This is the Federation Hotline updated Feb. 7. Quick update: Four key bills clear latest deadlineFour of our priority bills cleared the latest fiscal committee cutoff deadline Tuesday (Feb. 6). And in reporting some of the early news yesterday, we forgot our high school civics lessons about how a bill becomes law. By clearing their respective committees, they now go to their respective Rules committees, which schedule bills for a vote of the full House or Senate. So bills that cleared this first round of committee cutoff deadlines have until Feb. 14 to pass their… more… | ||
HOTLINE 2/6/18This is the Federation Hotline updated Feb. 6. What we know so far on this final day for fiscal committees to pass billsAs this Hotline is updated, the Senate Ways and Means Committee and House Appropriations Committee were still meeting. Today is the day for bills in those respective committees to pass out of those committees. So far – and thanks to a blitz of phone calls, emails and Lobby Day visits from AFSCME Council 28 (WFSE) members in the past few days – four key bills have already passed out of one or the other fiscal committees. They now move to their… more… | ||
HOTLINE 2/4/18This is the Federation Hotline for late Sunday, Feb. 4, and Monday, Feb. 5. We had two important hearings at Saturday’s House Appropriations Committee hearing. Business community gangs up our priority outsourcing transparency billOur priority bill to bring transparency and accountability when a state agency wants to contract out state employee work has a bull’s-eye on its back as the business community lined up to try to kill it at a rare House hearing Saturday. This is our Taxpayer… more… | ||
HOTLINE 2/2/18This is the Federation Hotline updated Feb. 2. AFSCME Council 28 (WFSE) members join in Moment of SilenceFrom Ecology Headquarters in Lacey to the Executive Board meeting of the Washington State Labor Council, Federation members organized and took part in the Feb. 1 nationwide “Moment of Silence” to honor the 50th anniversary of the tragic deaths of Memphis sanitation workers Echol Cole and Robert Walker. They’re deaths sparked the strike that brought Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to their aid – and his tragic death. See just some of the photos that have come in from… more… | ||
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