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Post date: Feb 6, 2012 12:55:55 AM
Senate Bill 6442 takes away your current health benefits and forces all K-12 employees into a new state bureaucracy that costs more, provides fewer benefits and limits our health care choices.
This legislation is costly, complicated and confusing all at the same time. Dozens of WEA members attended a recent legislative hearing to oppose the bill. But you can help defeat this bill without going to Olympia — email your legislators and tell them not to take over our health care!
Under SB 6442, all K-12 school employees, whether they live in Anacortes or Zillah, will be forced into the same health benefit plan – eliminating our ability to negotiate health plans at the local level.
This bill will cost taxpayers more, and it will cost US more as school employees at the same time it reduces our benefits and choices. For example, under SB 6442, school employees who work less than half time will no longer receive ANY health benefits through their jobs. This especially hurts classified education support professionals (ESP )such as bus drivers and paraprofessionals, many of whom are part-time workers.
“We belong to WEA, and we DO bargain for our part-time members,” said Debby Chandler, an ESP member from the Spokane School District.
In short, SB 6442 makes no sense. Help protect our health care from a state takeover – email your legislators and tell them what you think about SB 6442!
Read the SB 6442 Fact Sheet for more information.
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