2018 Field Services & Government Relations Report PSE teams – another year of surprising financial accomplishments Doug Nelson, Field Services and Government Relations Director 2018 Annual Convention

June 25 & 26, 2005

June 25 & 26, 2005

Political team Legislative council Board of Directors Members who contacted legislators Staff

2017 election cycle 8 races - 45th senate race Senate changed Most expensive Senate race Republican seat – democrats won Senate changed Before election 25 republicans, 24 democrats After election 25 democrats, 24 republicans

2018 election August 7 – primary election November 6 – general election 98 house races 25 senate races

How close is it? House Senate 50 democrats, 48 republicans

2018 primary/general election contributions 57 candidate endorsements 35 democrats (61%) 22 republicans (39%) $72,000 contributions to candidates $45,000 (63%) democrat $27,000 (37%) republican After analyzing primary results, there will be additional endorsements/contributions 124 total legislative races

What do our members expect us to do Best wages – by far most important Best insurance – close second Someone to help when things go wrong

Bargaining teams Negotiating Committees Field representatives Field service assistants Regional office coordinators Legal department Communications

Signs of success Unemployment down 1,586 additional classified employees hired 5.4% average salary increase $50.9 million financial gains 5.4% from s 275 2017-18 all classified employees

K 12 Unemployment – 2008 to 2018 January 2008-May 2018

2017-18 average hourly rate increase – 5.4%

2017-18 … 1,586 additional employees hired

Additional employees hired in last 10 years 60 fewer employees added over 5 years 8,550 added over last 5 years

Paraeducators - 58% of added employees

Classified employees – 1985 to 2018

2017-18 school year – classification breakdown

What did we bargain Financially!

2017-18 Financial Gains – zone breakdown Average member dues $413

2017-18 financial gains – State funded 30% Salary - $ 39 million State funded - $ 10 million Insurance - $11.4 million State funded - $5.2 50% state funding – insurance 4.75+.7 (transportation) Salary 13.3 plus 6.5 = $20 / 50% = 10 million

2017-18 Financial Gains – member impact $1,658 per member $500 from state funds $1,158 from employers $413 = average dues per member 332% ROI (return on investment) 1 year CD = 2.45% 15.2/50.4 times 1658 =

3 year gains – state funds 35%

Best kept secret - Permanent vs one time - $117.5 million added

Permanent state funds added - $155.7 million

$35.4 million dues – 509% ROI

June 25 & 26, 2005

Political team Legislative council Board of Directors Members who contacted legislators Staff

Fixing things 2018 session

Priorities Supreme Court Response SEBB perfected McCleary salary funding all in one year not spread out over two years SEBB perfected Paraeducator program perfected

Member Involvement Legislative Conference, Jan. 14-15 198 members attended 56 first timers

Frank J. Warnke Legislative Interns Jennifer Chamberlin, Bremerton School District Lynda Ford, Cheney School District Tiffany Picotte, Eastern Washington University Joetta Sieglock, Eastern Washington University 6 blog entries from interns

56 Blog Entries Keeping members informed during session http://pseclassified.org/category/2018-legislative-session/

Paraeducator fix Title I standards applied to all paraeducators Starting September 1, 2018…2019 $250,000 to develop special education and ELL online training modules

SEBB fix Family / single ratio $3:$1 Bargain lower than 630 hours Bargain for optional plans not sponsored by SEBB At least same monthly funding as state employees $843.97 to $957 (est.)

“McCleary” – fund education January 5, 2012 – Washington State Supreme Court initial decision June 7, 2018 – Supreme Court final approval - $2.5 b 2014-15 = School Transportation - $130 million 2015-16 = MSOC (maintenance, supplies and operating costs) - $740 million 2015-16 = Increased instructional hours & access to 24 credits - $97 million 2017-18 = K 3 Class-size – $350 million 2017-18 = All day K - $180 million 2018-19 = Market based salaries - $1 billion http://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules/Home/Documents/18521?/House/17366/01-01-2017/12-31-2017/Schedule// - page 65 $2.5 billion

Increased state allocation for classified employee salaries!! 2018-19 Raise state allocation from $33,877 to $48,769 (37% increase) $220 million funded by State! State limitations but our field representatives, field services assistants, regional coordinators, and negotiation committees are working to get all that they can!! I can’t wait to see next year’s results!!! Info from Cate at OFM

Another critical funding session

Priorities - $ $ $ $ Fund higher ed agreements Fund SEBB agreement Fund paraeducator training Pro union legislation

Higher education agreements approved Collective bargaining agreements Insurance agreement

Paraeducator training If funding is provided, starting September 1, 2019, paraeducators must complete: Basic: 4 day course within 4-12 months based on district size General: 10 day course required within 3 years

4 days per year funding 2019-20: $23 million 2020-21: $27 million

SEBB Negotiations Bargaining with Governor Inslee’s office of labor relations has begun Complete by October 1 Bargaining agreement must be approved by legislature in 2019 legislative session Blog: http://pseclassified.org/category/insurance/

Major funding issues 630 hours receive full state allocation - $130 million per year At least same rate as state employees - $200 million (est.) per year Retiree payment? – State/employer pay?

Pro union legislation Response to Janus decision Real life complications Employer attempts to divide/conquer Non member representation Different ways to sign up members Dues deduction

Miscellaneous Federal lobbying Paraeducator conference

Federal lobbying – Bob Canavan RISE (Recognizing Inspirational School Employees) recipient - Kim Karnofski, a library-paraeducator at Castle Rock School District CSEY – Classified school employee of the year IDEA, Title I, Head Start, Pell Grant, Forest Revenue, Impact Aid Protect federal education funding from sequestration cuts

Paraeducator conference 39th Annual NRCP (National Resource Center for Paraeducators) conference April 26-29, 2018 117 PSE scholarships!

What can you do…

June 25 & 26, 2005 Members

Join bargaining teams 80 open contracts plus, An equal number of salary and insurance negotiations Fair contract assistance ready and willing

Join political teams Participate in campaigns Vote Read the blog, share information with colleagues Participate in lobbying efforts – attend legislative conference Become an intern

Kudos! To PSE Teams!! Our field representatives, field services assistants, regional coordinators, negotiation committees, legislative council members, board of directors, and support staff have had an extremely successfully year representing our 31,000 members. I hope you are as proud as I am of the work our bargaining and political teams have quietly accomplished over the last year.

Communicate and join In RTW environment, we can no longer keep quiet about our success! If you care about PSE, go back to work, share your pride in our success with your colleagues! Join one of our teams!