The Guild of Pacific Northwest Employees
Both Parties Agree On How To Move Forward Representatives from the Guild of Pacific Northwest Employees, Lawyers from AFSCME, and mediators from the Washington State Public Employees Relations Commission came to an agreement today on how best to end this dispute and move forward with an election. The election period will begin March 16, 2020. … Read more
We re-filed our petition for a change in representation today. If you haven’t subscribed your email address for updates, please do so we can keep you up-to-date on all the latest. Thanks everyone for all the well wishes. We can do this!
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Expect a visit to your home by AFSCME and Council 2 representatives. Many of our members were inconvenienced this weekend by knocks on their doors by people who are being paid (with your union dues) to try and convince you to stay with Council 2. We expect these visits to continue. This is a desperate … Read more
Thanks to those who were able to join us for an exhilarating meeting this evening. As we discussed, we are starting the new year off with exciting news! The Guild withdrew our election petition for technical reasons that we believe, will ironically, get us an election sooner. Please carefully monitor your emails from us in … Read more
We are taking a break for the holidays. Enjoy this time with your family and friends. We will see you in the new year!
As of Friday, PERC has not set a date for voting. However, things are progressing. All parties have now agreed to the voter list. It sounds like voting will be electronic. Still waiting for confirmation on that. All instructions will be sent to each person by PERC. Thank you to everyone on the organizing committee … Read more
VooDoo, as in the donuts at the meeting. They were delicious. The meeting was a great opportunity to reinforce that Bellingham employees are 100% doing the right thing by forming our own Guild. We certainly can’t do any worse and neither the Rep from Council 2 nor the Deputy Administrator from AFSCME International could give … Read more
Hello everyone, we have not heard from PERC yet as to when the election will be held. With the holiday on Monday, it’s likely that Tuesday will be the first possible day that we will receive more information. In other news, Council 2’s outside attorney has filed an Unfair Labor Practice against the Guild. Of … Read more
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