AFSCME Council 28 (WSFE)'s Stanley urges passage of part-timers bill
AFSCME Council 28 (WFSE) Secretary Tracy Stanley urged senators today (Jan. 18) to pass a bill that would leave no question about part-time employees.
SB 6184 would add part-time state employees to state civil service. Many part-time groups are already in; SB 6184 would make it wall-to-wall.
Stanley, who works at Lower Columbia College in Longview and is a member of WFSE Local 1400, told the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee of the harm caused by exempting employees from the state civil service 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,” Stanley said.
“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.”
Many part-timers get the training and experience – and then seek out higher-paying full-time jobs, she said. That contradicts the state’s value of recruiting and retaining good state employees, she said.
