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WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE
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VOL. 38 NO. 5
JUNE 2010
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At press time, events were moving quickly on the union’s multi-front chal-lenge of the state’s plan to furlough employees 10 days in the next year, starting July 12:
       
over the furlough plan July 6 and 7 in Lacey.
        
9 in Yakima) are pushing back against the phoniness of the furloughs. Other challenges were in play.
                      
the one on page 4. Or go online to www.wfse.org.
MORE DETAILS , PAGE 4
The $94 million furlough snafu!
                                                         
General Administration members march over layoffs
WFSE/AFSCME May 27
                                         
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                   
  
to recoup diverted health funds
         
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                             
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                    
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                          
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    
See HEALTH $$$, page 3
Union unites behind medical interpreters
                                                   
 
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STEWARDS’ CORNER
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tate
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mployee
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SHARED LEAVE REQUESTS
If you’ve been approved to receive
shared leave by your agency or institu- 
tion, you can place a notice here. Once you’ve been approved by your agency
or institution, WFSE/AFSCME can place your shared leave request here and online. Please include a contact in your agency, usually in human resources, for donors to call. E-mail the editor at tim@
wfse.org. Or call 1-800-562-6002.• The following could use a donation
of eligible unused annual leave or sick leave or all or part of your personal holiday: 
Bruce Hamlett,
a nancial services specialist 3 with DSHS in Bremerton 902-9413.
Corrie Larson,
 a social worker 3 with DSHS in Tacoma and a member of Lo
-cal 53, is recovering from a C-section
after the birth of twin girls. Contact Cyn
-
thia Williams, (253) 983-6272.
Cara Weston
, a social worker 3 with DSHS in Tacoma and a member of Lo
-cal 53, is in desperate need of shared leave for an ongoing medical condition.
Contact: Stacey Bellamy, (253) 476-7223.
Judy Rotondo,
 an administrative as-
sistant 3 at Western State Hospital in Lakewood and a member of Local 793,
is recovering from knee surgery. She
will need from two weeks to two months
of leave. Contact: Dave Wiggen, (253)
761-3366.
Mechelle O’Grady,
an attendant coun-
selor 1 at Lakeland Village in Medical Lake and a member of Local 573, is in need of shared leave while recovering from an injury. Contact: Linda Bland, (509) 299-1931.
Eva Schmidt,
 an ofce assistant 3 at Ocean City State Park and a member of Local 1466, has been approved for
shared leave. Contact: Your human
resource ofce.
Wes Johnson,
 an ofce assistant 3 at Grayland Beach State Park and a mem
-
ber of Local 1466, has been approved
for shared leave. Contact: Your human
resource ofce.
Joe Ruby,
 a construction and mainte-nance lead at Fort Worden State Park
and a member of Local 1466, has been
approved for shared leave. Contact:
Your human resource ofce.
Kimberly Heinrich,
an administrative assistant 3 at the state Parks equipment
and products shop and a member of Lo
-
cal 1466, has been approved for shared
leave. Contact: Your human resource
ofce.
Cliff Misterak,
 a truck driver 3 with DSHS Consolidated Support Services in Medical Lake and a member of Local 573, suffers from a heart condition that prevents him from working. He needs
shared leave to continue his medical/ 
dental benets. Contact: Debbie Beal, (509) 565-4366.
John Diehl,
 a maintenance technician
2 with the Department of Transportation in Pasco and a member of Local 1291,
is recovering from knee surgery and
will be off the job at least until Aug. 19. Contact: Sue Dinneen, (509) 967-3853, Ext. 7.
Diana Christensen,
 a WorkFirst pro-
gram specialist with DSHS in Vancouver and a member of Local 313, has been
approved for shared leave for medical conditions. Contact: Tammy Flaming,
(360) 759-2953.
Savea Combs,
 a nancial services specialist 3 at the Lakewood Community Service Ofce of DSHS and a member of Local 53, is suffering from a cerebral aneurysm associated with a seizure disorder as well as frequent strokes. Contact: Bertha Martin, (253) 512-4387
or e-mail:
martibv2@dshs.wa.go
v.
Lee Novak,
 a Community Corrections
ofcer 2 with DOC in Longview and a member of Local 1400, is caring for a loved one with a serious medical condition. Contact: Diana White, (360) 413-5407.and a member of Local 1181, is need
of shared leave because of a serious medical condition. Contact: Cindy K.
Hernandez, (509) 225-7924.
Melissa Lloyd,
 an attendant coun-
selor 1 at Rainier School in Buckley and member of Local 491, is in need of
shared leave. Melissa has been diag-
nosed with a severe medical condition and will need to take time off from work. Contact: Laurie Safford, (360) 829-3083 or by e-mail at saffolj@dshs.wa.gov.
Rachael Reiton,
 a WorkSource spe-
cialist with the Employment Security
Department in Kelso and a member
of Local 1400, has been approved for Shared Leave. Contact: http://inside.esd.wa.gov/hr/empsvcs/Personnel/ document.2007-09-11.2049141943/ document_view
Valerie Guerrero,
 a health insurance
benets specialist 2 with the state Health Care Authority in Lacey, has
been approved to receive shared leave.
Contact: Patti Scherer-Abear, (360) 923-2734.
Cori Haynes,
an attendant counselor
1 at Lakeland Village in Medical Lake and a member of Local 573, is unable to work because of her pregnancy. Con
-
tact: Janet Evans, (509) 299-1807.
Bill Long,
 a paralegal 2 with the Ofce of the Attorney General in Olympia and a member of Local 443, has been ap
-proved to receive shared leave. Contact:
Teresa Fristoe, (360) 586-9346.
Janie Denman,
an ofce assistant 3 with the Employment Security Depart
-
ment in Olympia and a member of Local 443, has been approved for shared leave. Contact: Kathleen Young, (360)
‘Shop Steward of the Year’ Awards
Loretta Gutierrez
 of Seattle Employment Security Local 435 (left) and
Joy Cage
of Rainier School Local 491 (right) were chosen as recipients of WFSE/AFSCME’s 2010 “Shop Steward of the Year” awards. They received the honor May 22 at the annual Shop Steward Conference in SeaTac.“I want to thank everyone in this room,” Gutierrez said. “Take this honor with you….Everyone deserves this award.”“I’ve got an exceptional local, I’ve got to level with you…,” Cage said. “I can’t believe I got this.”
More than 150 stewards hone skills at annual conference
Olympia Local 443’s shop steward delegation at May 22-23 conference in SeaTac.
Why I became shop steward:
“I couldn’t stand how people were treated and saw the union as a power 
ful tool.” 
Karen Mork,
 Local 313
“I became a shop steward because I was tired of my supervisor jacking me around and I wanted to make things
even.” 
Cindy Hallstrom,
 Local 948
“I got tired of getting ripped in the shorts every time I turned around and being treated like a little day 
care romper room.” 
Genghis Kim,
 Local 443
STEWARDCENTER
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Learn more about your shop stewards--and how to become one if you’re interested.
Stewards gath-er for sessions on effective job actions, one of many training sessions during the two-day Shop Steward Conference.
HE HEHE HE
 
WFSE/AFSCME
Washington State Employee
Page 3June 2010
HOLDING LEGISLATORS ACCOUNTABLE
‘Miracle at the Machinists Hall’
Democrats realize union serious about endorsing few
Everyone is still talking about the tough stand that WFSE/AFSCME delegates took at the May 15 Washing-ton State Labor Council COPE Endorsements Conference.The union and its allies prevailed in blocking en-dorsements for just about all the races blocked in WFSE/AFSCME’s earlier internal endorsements conference prevailed.It’s being called “The Mir-acle at the Machinists Hall”  because the conference took place at the IAM Machinists Hall in south Seattle, the site of so many key labor and po-litical events in this state.The Federation teamed up with allies from UFCW Lo-cal 21 and Machinists Lodge 751 to deny most incumbents the two-thirds vote they needed to win the backing of the “House of Labor” in Washington state.The Federation “Green Machine” held the line and sent the same message: After
the $1 billion sacrices we’ve
made for this state’s economy, we’re tired of being kicked
around, vilied and unde
-fended by legislators who ought to know better.Here’s what The Olympi-an and Tacoma News Tribune reported at the time:
State employees are par-ticularly set against spreading money out among Democrats. Two rounds of budget cuts, in-cluding layoffs and furloughs, have left them unhappy with many legislators. “They went after state employees, against our lunch-box issues,” said Craig Gibelyou, a Western State Hospital nurse. So he and other members of the Wash-ington Federation of State Employees objected to en-dorsing legislators who “threw us under the bus,” he said.
But the ght for account
-ability of our elected leaders isn’t over. Candidates can get the Washington State Labor Council’s endorsement at its state convention Aug. 9-12 in Tacoma. So it’s important that Federation locals send delegates so we can continue to hold the line and extend this miracle of solidarity.
TOP:
The WFSE/AFSCME “Green Wave” at May 15 Washington State Labor Council COPE Endorsements Conference.
ABOVE:
 Delegates give U.S. Sen. Patty Murray a standing ovation.
Primary Election ballots go in mail July 30; here’s WFSE/AFSCME’s endorsements list
Ballots for counties voting by mail will hit mailboxes July 30 for the Aug. 17 Primary Election.We’re running this information now because the union won’t publish another newspaper until August, after ballots go in the mail.Here is the list of candidates endorsed by the WFSE/AFSCME Endorsements Conference April 17 or in later local-level endorsement interviews or (*indicates incumbent; #=state House member running for state Senate). The list is current as of
6/17/10 and reects recent candidate
withdrawals.
For updates, go online to www.wfse.org.
U.S. SENATE
Patty Murray, D*
U.S. CONGRESS
Congressional District 1 – Jay Inslee, D*CD 2 – Rick Larsen, D*CD 6 – Norm Dicks, D*CD 7 – Jim McDermott, D*CD 8 – Suzan DelBene, DCD 9 – Adam Smith, D*
STATE LEGISLATURESTATE SENATE
Dist. 29 – Steve Conway, D# Dist. 31 – Pam Roach, R*Dist. 32 -- Maralyn Chase, D#Dist. 34 – Sharon Nelson, D#Dist. 46 – Scott White, D#
STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Dist. 1 (Pos. 2) – Luis Moscoso, DDist. 2 (Pos. 2) – Tom Campbell, R*Dist. 3 (Pos. 2) – Timm Ormsby, D*Dist. 11 (Pos. 2)–Bob Hasegawa, D*Dist. 21 (Pos. 1) – Mary Helen Roberts, D*Dist. 22 (Pos. 1) – Stew Henderson, D, & Chris Reykdal, D (dual endorsement)Dist. 22 (Pos. 2) – Sam Hunt, D*Dist.23(Pos. 1)–Sherry Appleton, D*Dist. 27 (Pos. 1) – Jake Fey, DDist. 28 (Pos. 2) – Tami Green, D*Dist. 30 (Pos. 1) – Mark Miloscia, D*Dist. 33 (Pos. 2)–Dave Upthegrove, D*Dist. 38 (Pos. 2) – Mike Sells, D*Dist. 44 (Pos. 1)–Hans Dunshee, D*Dist. 47 (Pos. 1)–Geoff Simpson, D*Dist. 47 (Pos. 2) – Pat Sullivan, D*Dist. 49 (Pos. 2) – Jim Moeller, D*
WFSE/AFSCME’s Endorsements Conference in April or the Statewide Executive Board have taken positions on the following ballot measures. If they qualify, they will appear on the General Election  ballot Nov. 2.Initiatives have until July 2 to gather 241,153 valid signatures from registered voters. Referenda had until June 9.
WFSE/AFSCME positions on statewide ballot measures on Nov. 2 ballot (if they qualify)
WFSE/AFSCME OPPOSES: 
The union has been part of an active “decline to sign” campaign on these bad ballot measuresI-1053 (Tim Eyman/revenue supermajorities): OP-POSEI-1082 (Privatizing workers’ comp.): OPPOSEI-1100 (Privatizing state liquor stores): OPPOSEI-1105 (Privatizing state liquor stores): OPPOSEI-1107 (Repealing tax on bottled water, pop and beer): OPPOSE
WFSE/AFSCME SUPPORTS: 
I-1098 (Tax on high adjusted gross in-comes):
SUPPORT
R-52 (Creates jobs for school repairs and
retroftting):
SUPPORT
deliberately drained the full $216.3 million surplus and used it for other parts of the  budget, the grievance says.The union alleges this meant the state lowered the premium costs only for the employer, below the 88 percent negotiated in the contract.“By lowering the funding rate, only for the employer, instead of allowing both em-ployees and the employer to
 benet from the surplus, the
employer reaped the entire
 benet of the $216.3 mil
-lion surplus and improperly
diverted the funds to benet
other portions of the state  budget,” the Federation griev-ance says. “At the very minimum, 12 percent of the surplus  belong(s) to the state workers who helped create the sur-plus.”The diversion set off a chain of events that added
to the economic sacrices inicted on state employees.
Out-of-pocket costs—deduct-ibles, co-pays, prescription costs—skyrocketed this past  Jan. 1. It took an all-out push by Federation members to win an infusion of $65 million from the 2010 Legislature to avoid another round of out-of-pocket hikes in 2011.
This is not the rst time WFSE/AFSCME has led
grievances defending the
Health Care Benets article of
its contracts. The state and the Federa-tion in 2006 settled grievances on another underfunding episode, winning some $55 million in recouped funds. That settlement brought lump-sum payments of $756 to all bargaining unit employ-ees in 2007.
HEALTH $$$,
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