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State staff brief committee on WPEA tentative agreements; OFM review and $22.3M total funds estimate
Summary
Office of Financial Management staff told the Joint Committee on Employee Relations that ratified tentative agreements with the Washington Public Employees Association include a retroactive 3% raise, a $18 starting wage and estimated 2025–27 costs that OFM will review for financial feasibility under RCW 41.80.
Gina Comeau, labor relations and compensation policy director for the Office of Financial Management, told the Joint Committee on Employee Relations that tentative agreements reached with the Washington Public Employees Association (WPEA) include retroactive and prospective wage increases and are now pending a financial‑feasibility review by the OFM director.
Comeau said the tentative agreements reached after mid‑biennium bargaining would provide a retroactive 3% general wage increase effective July 1, 2025, targeted job classification base‑range…
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