Washington Federation of State Employees AFSCME Council 28 AFL-CIO

Our best choice for governor.

Middle Class families first!

Jay Inslee puts

Jay Inslee

Washington Federation of State Employees

Hes our friend with 96% Right voting record:

Right on the economy. Right on education. Right on the environment. Right on workers rights.

Hes been there for us:

For public employees. For public services. For workers safety. For rebuilding the Middle Class.

His opponents plan stomps on state workers.

Read side-by-side comparison on backside.

Washington Federation of State Employees AFSCME Council 28 AFL-CIO www.wfse.org 800-562-6002

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Jay Inslee
Endorsed for governor by WFSE/AFSCME 2/4/12; and Washington State Labor Council 2/9/12

Rob McKenna

State employee wages and benefits:

As Legislator: voted in support of state employee wages and benefits (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992); and voted for one-time early retirement opportunity for PERS 1 (1992).

As governor, McKenna will: attack pay and seniority; make state employees pay a bigger share for health insurance; and put a hard limit on the number of state employees.
[SOURCES: McKenna fundraising letter, 8/11; speech, 11/8/11; Publicola, 4/21/11]

Collective bargaining:

As Legislator: voted in support of collective bargaining for state employees (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992). In Congress: voted for collective bargaining rights for public safety officers (2007) and against weakening bargaining rights for government workers (2002).

As governor, McKenna will: seek confrontation, not collaboration, in collective bargaining; seek out state employees he considers weak and help them find another career outside state government. As a King County councilman: refused to approve collective bargaining agreements for public workers on five separate occasions.
[SOURCES: McKenna campaign website; 11/8/11 speech; The Stranger, 3/2/11]

Health and safety:

In Congress: voted for worker health and safety (1999, 2000) and in support of ergonomics.

As governor, McKenna will: attack workers compensation benefits.

[SOURCE: 11/8/11 speech]

Privatization:

In Congress: voted against contracting out government jobs (2003, 2007) In Congress: voted against cuts to critical services each year 2000-2008 voted in support of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid (1999, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010) voted against tax cuts for the wealthy (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) voted for middle class tax cuts (2010) voted against weakening the Patients Bill of Rights (1999, 2001) voted for financial regulatory reform (2010)
[SOURCE: AFSCME, WFSE Voting Records 1989-2011]

As governor, McKenna will: contract out and privatize state jobs.

[SOURCE: 11/8/11 speech]

Support for critical services:

As governor, McKennas plan for public services is: to slash the number of state employees even more another 5% to 10% in the next biennium.
[SOURCE: McKenna campaign website]

on our side

Inslee:

clearly anti-UNION

McKenna:

Washington Federation of State Employees AFSCME Council 28 AFL-CIO www.wfse.org 800-562-6002