The Guild of Pacific Northwest Employees

Council 2 has decided to lawyer up with outside Counsel to handle the petition that was filed to seek new representation. This attorney has asked for an extension to the Nov 4 timeline. PERC has granted it and now the new deadline is Friday, Nov 8. The City and the Guild have already submitted the … Read more

ELECTION UPDATE The number of members signing cards supporting the guild is now over 70%. That’s a ton of employees who want new representation for our Union and a fresh start. This sends a strong message that momentum for positive change is strong and growing stronger. We are making progress toward scheduling an election, which … Read more

Nov 7 @ 4-6pm Jalapenos Barkley Drop in and hear all about our positive future with the Guild! Presentations at 4:30pm & 5:30pm. Pick which one works best for you. See you there! Please invite your coworkers!

On Sunday, October 27 2019, Kirk, Shayla and Jael met the Administrator, Walter Blair and the Deputy Administrator, Jeremy Kruse at Shayla’s home. We turned over all of the Local’s hardcopy records, laptops and supplies to them. They could not fit the table and chairs or file cabinet into their vehicle so Walter Blair stated … Read more

Our Union (as it currently is named) has been placed under Administratorship by the International as of 10/16/2019. That’s a fancy way of saying that enough of us have threatened to secede from the group (aka petitioned for someone else to take over representation of our Union). The fact that AFSCME International has stepped in … Read more

As you know, the Guild filed a petition with the State to represent our bargaining unit a week ago. PERC is now verifying that we submitted the 30% signatures that were necessary. Note: we obtained the required signatures in less than 36 hours and EVERY single department participated. Contrary to information you may be receiving, … Read more

President Dugovich has been found guilty of violating the AFSCME members Bill of Rights (again). The contested elections that happened at the State Convention in August have been vacated by order of AFSCME International and they must be rerun within 120 days. The elections will be for The President of Council 2 and the Executive … Read more

You should be able to find our case listed on PERCs website soon. As you can see, this is a process that happens frequently around the State. Some of the cases you will see are new units and some are trying to switch representation (as we are). When Council 2 or Members who love Council … Read more