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Committee hears bill to overhaul ferry salary survey to aid recruitment and bargaining
Summary
A bill requiring a focused, third-party salary survey for Washington State Ferries drew support from engineers, deck officers and labor groups who said current comparisons understate maritime pay and worsen staffing shortages.
House Bill 1264 would require the Office of Financial Management to contract with an outside human resources consulting firm to produce a focused salary survey for Washington State Ferries and make that survey available to bargaining parties by April 1 of every even-numbered year.
The bill’s prime sponsor and committee staff said the survey would compare specific ferry work groups — deck, terminal, engine room, masters and mates, and trade employees at the Eagle Harbor Shipyard — to enumerated public and private sector comparators so arbitration panels consider appropriate industry matches.
“Washington State Ferries is competing with private shipping companies and public ferry systems for skilled maritime workers,” said Eric Winge, Washington State Ferries…
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