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Bill would extend collective bargaining to operational student employees at regional universities and Evergreen
Summary
Supporters of House Bill 15-70 told the committee the bill would extend collective bargaining rights to student employees in operational roles (food service, residence life, parking, etc.) at Central, Eastern, and Western Washington Universities and The Evergreen State College; university leaders raised operational and fiscal concerns.
House Bill 15-70 would extend collective bargaining rights to operational student employees — the non‑academic student workers who staff food service, residence halls, parking and similar functions — at Central, Eastern, and Western Washington Universities and The Evergreen State College, committee staff and witnesses said on Feb. 5.
Ben McCarthy, committee staff, summarized the bill and said it would define "student employee" as an enrolled student who performs work and would designate a single appropriate bargaining unit covering employees at each institution…
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