PSE of WWU

The Outstanding Classified Staff Award recognizes an individual who exemplifies a positive and creative approach to problem solving and innovation that significantly advances departmental goals and/or University Mission. [Click the title to read more.]

Most of us have significantly higher co-pays and deductibles on our employer-sponsored health insurance plans this year, which PSE believes is inconsistent with the 88%-12% split negotiated in our contracts. [Click the title for the whole story.]

Here's more and juicier info about how WWU stacks up with regard to the recent state salary survey. Please click the title to see the whole story!

A new Total Compensation Survey report for Washington state employees has been released. It shows that most Washington state employees are paid less than the going market rates for their kind of work, often quite a lot less. [Click the title to read more.]
[UPDATE: See how WWU compares to state employees overall here.]

Click here to to go to the legislative section of our forum, where you can read and discuss the latest news and efforts regarding laws that affect us. As you just might have heard, the budget issue is again looming large now, and there is a bill to mandate furloughs -- visit the forum to keep up to date, and take action to protect higher ed from the furlough proposal!

Please see this for more info on ethical and legal lobbying for state employees.

One of the benefits of PSE membership is a free $5000 Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance policy. Because some members have had difficulty signing up for this benefit, here are step-by-step instructions.

PTE employees only: Fill out this form if you want to be able to work more than 8 hours (or to exceed your usual daily schedule if you have an alternate schedule) in one day without incurring overtime. Some employees might consider this a loss of their overtime rights; others might appreciate the flexibility of, say, putting in some extra time today and taking off early tomorrow. This is optional and requires the agreement of your supervisor.
Click here to download the form