1. 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

2. June 25 & 26, 2005

4. June 25 & 26, 2005

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

6. 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

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

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

9. 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

11. 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

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

13. 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 all classified employees

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

15. 2017-18 average hourly rate increase – 5.4%

16. 2017-18 … 1,586 additional employees hired

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

18. Paraeducators - 58% of added employees

19. Classified employees – 1985 to 2018

20. 2017-18 school year – classification breakdown

21. What did we bargain
Financially!

22. 2017-18 Financial Gains – zone breakdown
Average member dues $413

23. 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 (transportation)
Salary 13.3 plus 6.5 = $20 / 50% = 10 million

24. 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 =

25. 3 year gains – state funds 35%

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

27. Permanent state funds added - $155.7 million

28. $35.4 million dues – 509% ROI

29. June 25 & 26, 2005

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

31. Fixing things
2018 session

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

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

34. 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

35. 56 Blog Entries Keeping members informed during session

36. 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

37. 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
$ to $957 (est.)

38. “McCleary” – fund education
January 5, 2012 – Washington State Supreme Court initial decision
June 7, 2018 – Supreme Court final approval - $2.5 b
= School Transportation - $130 million
= MSOC (maintenance, supplies and operating costs) - $740 million
= Increased instructional hours & access to 24 credits - $97 million
= K 3 Class-size – $350 million
= All day K - $180 million
= Market based salaries - $1 billion
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$2.5 billion

39. Increased state allocation for classified employee salaries!!
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

40. Another critical funding session

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

42. Higher education agreements approved
Collective bargaining agreements
Insurance agreement

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

44. 4 days per year funding
: $23 million
: $27 million

45. 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:

46. 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?

47. 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

48. Miscellaneous
Federal lobbying
Paraeducator conference

49. 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

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

51. What can you do…

52. June 25 & 26, 2005
Members

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

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

55. 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.

56. 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!