ANOTHER PRIORITY BILL PASSES SENATE
The Senate Wednesday night (Feb. 28) passed the priority bill (HB 2669) to leave no doubt and add part-time state employees to civil service. HB 2669 passed the Senate on a vote of 27-21. It now goes to the governor for signature into law.
"Not only does exempting these employees from civil service law exclude them from the rights of just cause, the harm to the state comes at a financial burden to state resources," AFSCME Council 28 (WFSE) Secretary Tracy Stanley testified in the Senate earlier this session.
"Hiring multiple part-time employees as opposed to fewer full-time employees creates a situation where the state of Washington's agencies and institutions become a training ground for other employers."
Stanley is a Local 1400 member at Lower Columbia College in Longview.
