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VOL. 39 NO. 6 The official newspaper of the LEGISLATURE 2011 -- YOU BE THE JUDGE! WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE JUNE 2011 See pages 6 & 7. EMPLOYEES/AFSCME Council 28•AFL-CIO WASHINGTON State Employee WFSE/AFSCME salutes... Our stewards Veterans WFSE/AFSCME members who served in the armed forces may not be aware of the wide benefits open to them. See page 8. A highlight of the 2011 WFSE/AFSCME Shop Steward Conference May 21-22 was the Shop Steward of the Year banquet honoring outstanding stewards. “They understand the long days, the sleepless nights, the worry, the life interrupted,” WFSE/AFSCME Carol Dotlich said. The nominees on hand to receive recognition were (from left): Randy Kurtz, Local 948; Angie Simpson, Local 53; Jesse Dailey, Local 1488; Kay Halpain, Local 1221; Kandy Kraig, Local 1221; Carol Van Arnam, Local 1299; Tom Tucker, Local 313; Paulette Thompson, Local 53; and Margaret McDonald, Local 843. Also nominated: Marci Douglas-Bumgarner, Local Activists As interpreters vote on first- 1060; Claude Burfect, Local 341; Yousef Fahoum, Local 443; Anna Guzman-Zaragoza, Local 1299; Linda Ripke, Local 573; and ever contract, we spotlight Mary “Chevy” Zarate, Local 1299. more members in action. To see who was selected the “Shop Steward of the Year” for 2011, turn to page 3. See 4 & 5. State found guilty Scholarship winners 2011 on supplemental Opportunity knocks bargaining charge Meet this year’s The Public Employment Local 443 four recipients of Relations Commission has Information WFSE/AFSCME’s found the state guilty of an Services Norm Schut and unfair labor practice over member Jeff supplemental bargaining in Paulsen with Younglove & Coker General Government. an iPad mes- scholarships The union last year at- sage that’s tempted to have separate a sign of our tables to bargain agency-spe- times. pportunity knocks cific issues that sometimes get for the daughters pushed aside in bargaining of three WFSE/AF- over the full contract at the OSCME members in Spokane, Wenatchee and Indianola and master table. A PERC hearing examiner for a DSHS member from Bel- ruled June 3 that the state’s levue. reluctance to bargain based on They are recipients of a “contentious and acrimoni- the union’s $5,500 in annual ous” experience in previous scholarships awarded every supplemental bargaining time this year. constituted interference with “We were in complete employee rights. That condi- shock,” said Johnna Boren, tion amounted to a “threat or Spokane Local 1221, the promise of benefit associated mother of Dayle Boren, win- with the exercise of protected ner of the union’s $2,500 rights,” the ruling said. Younglove & Coker Scholar- Under the ruling, the state ship. must not condition future “I was shocked as well,” bargaining on its previous ex- Dayle said. “I got the letter perience bargaining with one Younglove & Coker Scholarship winner Dayle Boren (right) with her mother, and realized I was one out agency. Johnna Boren, Local 1221, outside their Spokane home. The $2,500 award of 75 who applied – that’s On a second issue, the will help Dayle as she enters Eastern Washington University in the fall. crazy!” examiner ruled the state’s The Younglove & Coker reluctance to bargain agency- Scholarship is made possible specific issues at separate by a generous grant from the Committee serves as the Committee members have tables was not evidence of a union’s longtime outside law scholarship selection commit- the difficult task of choosing refusal to bargain. firm of Younglove & Coker. tee for the three Norm Schut from many worthy applicants. Each side had 20 days to The WFSE/AFSCME awards and the Younglove & appeal the ruling. Women’s and Equal Partners Coker scholarship. See SCHOLARSHIPS, page 3 UNION NEWS IN MEMORIAM: Laura Saint, Tell us where this worksite is and which the longtime Lakeland Village Where’s this WFSE/AFSCME members work there. Local 573 activist and WFSE/ worksite? Send your guesses by e-mail to tim@ AFSCME staffer who played wfse.org or regular mail: Editor, 1212 an instrumental role in the Jefferson St. S.E., Suite 300, Olympia, milestone attendant counselor WA 98501. Include your name and mailing address. Deadline: July reclassification in 1990, died 10. The first 10 readers with the correct answer who include their May 4 in Spokane. She was name and mailing address will receive a prize. 57. Laura Saint in 2002 (left) and chairing the Attendant Counselor Committee in Saint became a WFSE/ September 1989 (right). AFSCME area representative in 1993 and, in 2002, a field percent of WFSE/AFSCME’s tee for the union’s first-ever supervisor based in Spokane. membership. strike settled in members’ After leaving that job in Sep- “All RHC attendant coun- favor 10 years ago this month. tember 2004, she returned to selors should remember what “The 2001 strike was a Lakeland Village before retir- she accomplished for them,” significant historic achieve- ing. said former WFSE/AFSCME ment by our members,” Huf- It was as a Lakeland President Duwane Huffaker, faker said. Village member that Saint who worked with Saint at Between her Lakeland chaired the committee that Lakeland Village and Local Village and WFSE/AFSCME Answer to the last “Where’s won significant pay increases 573 in Medical Lake. careers, Saint was also an AC this worksite?” to reflect the work taken on Saint was the first woman manager at Rainier School in The last mystery worksite over the years by 1,800 at- elected Local 573 president. Buckley and member of Local was the WorkSource of- tendant counselors in the “As a local president, she 491. fice in Ellensburg where state’s residential habilitation was a strong, effective leader Her family suggests Employment Security centers. At the time, in 1990, for our members,” Huffaker contributions to the Vanessa members of Local 1301 work. The one reader with the attendant counselors were said. Behan Crisis Nursery or the correct answer was Don Meseck. the largest job class in state Saint also served on the Humane Society. government and about 10 union’s Strike Action Commit- time after that. Contact: Michael Otter- ber of Local 1326, is in need of shared Peter Barabasz, a financial services spe- SHARED LEAVE Johnson, (360) 725-1979. leave because of surgery and recovery. cialist 3 at the DSHS Sky Valley Commu- Contact: Your human resource office. nity Service Office in Snohomish County, REQUESTS Su Le, a social worker 2 with DSHS in has been battling cancer for the past two Olympia and a member of Local 443, is in Diana Jones, an unemployment insurance years and has exhausted all leave. He is in Lois Johnson, a social worker 4 with need of shared leave as he recovers from specialist 3 with the Employment Security desperate need of shared leave so he can DSHS Home and Community Services in a severe medical condition. Contact: Your Department in Olympia, has been ap- attend weekly chemotherapy treatments Vancouver and a member of Local 313, is human resource office. proved for shared leave as she copes with and be at home to recuperate. Contact: having surgery on her right foot. Recovery the death of her daughter, Ashley Davis- Your human resource office. time will take eight to 10 weeks. Contact: Lori McCown, a brand control specialist Jones, who also worked for ESD. Contact: Your human resource office. with the Department of Agriculture in Olym- Your human resource office. Susan Elliott, a financial services special- pia and a member of Local 443, has been ist 3 with the Working Connections Child Christina Trachi, a residential/student life battling breast cancer. She is in need of Eilani Wright, a financial services special- Care in Clarkston and a member of Local counselor at the Washington State School shared leave. Contact: Julie Walker, (360) ist 3 with the DSHS District 6 Call Center 1300, is in need of shared leave because for the Blind and a member of Local 1225, 725-5762. in Lewis County and a member of Local of an incapacitating health condition that is in need of shared leave as she cares for 862, has been approved for shared leave severely impacts her ability to work full her husband who suffered a severe heart Milosia Wilson, a health insurance ben- because of a serious medical condition time. She’s exhausted all leave. Contact: attack. Contact: Your human resource efits specialist with the state Health Care requiring surgery. Contact: Your human Your human resource office. office. Authority in Lacey and a member of Local resource office. 443, has been approved for shared leave. Treca Young, a residential/student life Contact: Oanh Pham, (360) 923-2881. counselor at the Washington State School for the Blind and a member of Local 1225, Lisa Pearson, an environmental engineer Financial is in need of shared leave as she recovers 3 with the Department of Ecology in Lacey from back and neck surgery. She is and a member of Local 443, is in need immobilized under 24-hour care. Contact: of shared leave to help her through this A MEMBERS ONLY BENEFIT for Your human resource office. stage of her battle with a brain tumor. She WFSE/AFSCME members and their families! Wellness is the single mother of two young children. Bruce Erickson, an institution counselor Contact: Kim Cross, (360) 407-6240 or 2 at Western State Hospital and a member [email protected]. of Local 793, has been approved for Sign up your work group for shared leave. He has exhausted all leave Pam Deking, a PBX and telephone opera- because of serious issues with diabetes, tor at Lakeland Village in Medical Lake heart problems, multiple knee injuries and a member of Local 573, is in need of FREE FINANCIAL and a knee replacement.

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