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Bainbridge ESP members win major pay raises; negotiations continue elsewhere

08/16/2018

WEA members across Washington continue to negotiate great contract settlements that include substantial pay increases for both certificated staff AND classified education support professionals. Here's the updated map of the highest pay raises.

Bainbridge Island Education Support Professionals Association negotiated an across-the-board pay raise of 18.2 percent beginning Sept. 1. That’s the highest reported raise for ESP members so far. The union represents classified education support professionals, who say the negotiated pay raise will make a huge difference in their lives. Top pay will be nearly $52 an hour, depending upon job type (BIESPA represents all ESP in the district.)

“This is something we’ve been fighting for for a long time and it’s really amazing to see it finally come through,” said Carrie Shipp, a special education paraprofessional at Ordway Elementary. “I’ll be able to breathe...When my car breaks down I can actually pay the bill and not go into debt.”

18WEA_settlement_spotlight_v1 (1)Laura Mc Donald, a special education paraprofessional at Woodward Elementary in Bainbridge, said that when she saw the settlement, “I thought, ‘I don’t have to work two other jobs after school. I might be able to make ends meet now.’ ”

Here are other local unions that recently won big pay raises for their members.

  • Brewster EA: 15.3 percent
  • McCleary EA: 13.7 percent
  • Toppenish EA: 18.3 percent
  • Moses Lake EA: 11.9%
  • Prosser EA: 13.8%
  • Pullman EA: 15.5%
  • Washtucna EA: 15.6%
  • Woodland EA: 12.6%

Mukilteo Education Association members also reached a tentative agreement on substantial pay raises this week. The settlement came after months of resistance from district administrators who initially refused to negotiate much-needed pay raises.

As The Herald newspaper posted, “Pickets, protests pay off as Mukilteo teachers get hefty hikes.”

More 200 WEA certificated and ESP locals continue to negotiate pay raises at the bargaining table. (List at the bottom of this post.)

In some school districts, administrators are making excuses, blaming a non-existent cap on pay raises or falsely claiming their districts are facing multi-million budget deficits in coming years.

While the goal is always a fair contract that WEA members can ratify with pride, educators all over Washington are preparing for potential strikes.

More than 400 WEA members are participating in regional strike preparation trainings this month. “We are getting prepared to take the action our members want us to take -- if needed,” said Frannie Guerrero, a teacher at Eisenhower High School in Yakima.

Meanwhile, educators in Seattle, Evergreen, Sumner and dozens of other school districts continue to rally and pack school board meetings. As of Aug. 16, about 165 certificated WEA locals and 55 ESP locals were still in contract talks with their respective school district administrations.

Certificated unions still negotiating pay raises:

Aberdeen EA

Anacortes EA

Arlington EA

Asotin EA

Auburn EA

Battle Ground EA

Bellingham EA - District Certs Chapter

Bethel EA

Blaine EA

Burlington Edison EA

Camas EA

Cape Flattery EA

Centerville EA

Central Kitsap EA

Central Valley EA

Centralia EA

Chehalis EA

Cheney EA

Chewelah EA

Clarkston EA

Cle Elum-Roslyn EA

Clover Park EA

Colfax EA

Colton EA

Colville EA

Conway EA

Coupeville EA

Crescent EA

Creston EA

Darrington EA

Davenport EA

Deer Park EA

Dieringer EA

East Valley Spokane EA

East Valley Yakima EA

Easton EA

Eatonville EA

Ellensburg EA

Elma Teachers Organization

Endicott Teachers Association

Enumclaw EA

Everett EA

Evergreen EA

Federal Way EA

Ferndale EA

Fife EA

Forks EA/Quillayute

Franklin Pierce EA

Freeman EA

Garfield-Palouse EA

Grand Coulee Dam EA

Grandview EA

Granger EA

Granite Falls EA

Grapeview EA

Griffin EA

Harrington EA

Highland EA

Highline EA

Hockinson EA

Hood Canal EA

Hoquiam Teachers Assoc

Inchelium EA

Issaquah EA

Kent EA

Kettle Falls EA

Kiona-Benton EA

Kittitas EA

Klickitat EA

La Conner EA

Lake Stevens EA

Lakewood EA

Liberty EA

Lind EA

Loon Lake EA

Lopez EA

Lyle EA

Lynden EA

Mabton EA

Mary M Knight EA

Marysville EA

Mead EA

Medical Lake EA

Mercer Island EA

Meridian EA

Monroe EA

Mount Adams EA

Mount Baker EA

Mount Pleasant EA

Mount Vernon EA

Naches Valley EA

Nespelem EA

Newport Associated Teachers

Nine Mile Falls EA

Nooksack Valley EA

North Beach EA

North Kitsap EA

North Thurston EA

Northport EA

Ocosta EA

Olympia EA

Orcas EA

Orting EA

Pasco Association Of Educators

Port Angeles EA

Prescott EA

Puyallup EA

Queets-Clearwater A/L

Rainier EA

Raymond EA

Reardan-Edwall EA

Renton EA

Republic EA

Richland EA

Ridgefield EA

Ritzville EA

Riverside EA

Rosalia EA

Royal EA

San Juan EA

Seattle EA

Selah EA

Shoreline EA

Skykomish EA

Snohomish EA

Snoqualmie Valley EA

Soap Lake EA

South Bend EA

South Whidbey EA

Southside EA

Spokane EA

Sprague-Lamont A/L

Stanwood-Camano EA

Steilacoom EA

Stevenson-Carson EA

Sultan EA

Sumner EA

Sunnyside EA

Tacoma EA

Taholah EA

Tahoma EA

Tekoa EA

Tenino EA

Thorp EA

Trout Lake EA

Tukwila EA

Tumwater EA

Union Gap EA

University Place EA

Upper Skagit Valley EA

Vancouver EA

Walla Walla Valley EA - College Place Chapter

Walla Walla Valley EA - Walla Walla Chapter

Wapato EA

Washougal Assoc. of Educators

West Valley Spokane EA

West Valley Yakima EA

White Salmon EA

Wilbur Teachers Association

Willapa Valley EA

Wishkah Valley EA

Wishram EA

Yakima EA

Classified Education Support Professional unions still negotiating pay raises

Anacortes Administrative Assts Assn

Anacortes Para Educator Organization

Anacortes Tec/Info Profs

Bellingham Assn School Employees

Camas Assoc Educ Office Professionals

Chewelah CPEA

Clarkston Classified Assoc.

Clover Park, ESP of

Colfax ESP

Colville Assoc. of Educ. Office Prof.

Coupeville Educational Support Assoc.

Dieringer CPEA

Easton Support Personnel Assoc.

Ferndale Administrative Assistants Assoc A/L

Franklin Pierce ESP

Hockinson ESP

Kent Assn of Paraeducators

Mead CPEA

Mead CTA

Mount Vernon ESA

Nine Mile Falls CPEA

North Kitsap Transportion Employees

Olympia EAPA

Olympia ParaEducators Assoc

Olympia Technical Professional Admin Assoc

Onalaska CPEA

Port Angeles Educ. Office Professionals

Port Angeles Para Educator Assoc.

Pullman Paraprofessionals

Pullman Secretaries

Puyallup Educational Support Professionals

Renton ESP

Renton Professional-Technical Assoc.

Republic CPEA

Ridgefield CPEA

Selah Educational Office Personnel

Shoreline Children's Center

Shoreline ESPA

Snoqualmie Valley Administrative Secretaries

Steilacoom Classified EA

Thorp ESP

Tumwater Assoc of Paraprofessionals

Tumwater Office Personnel Assoc.

University Place Classified Assoc.

University Place Office Professionals

Vancouver Educ. Support Professionals

Wapato Assoc. Educ. Office Personnel

Wapato Pupil Personnel

West Valley Educ. Secretaries Assoc.

Wilbur CPEA

Yakima Assoc of Building Services

Yakima Assoc. of Paraeducators

Yakima Educational Office Personnel

Yakima Professional/Technical Assoc.

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