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| Teamster Corrections Employees Picket, Protest Threat Of Government Shutdown |
| By prnewswire.com |
| Published: 06/12/2015 |
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MONROE, Wash., June 11, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Teamster corrections employees picketed at the Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe and the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla on Thursday to demand that the legislature pass a budget that funds their contract and prevents a costly government shutdown. Picketers at both facilities held signs that read: DOC Corrections Employees – Keeping our Communities Safe – and they urged the public to support them. "We risk our lives every day to protect the public yet we haven't received a raise in seven years," said Sgt. Michael Boe of the Monroe Correctional Complex. "The legislature needs to stop arguing about the budget and fund our contract now. Lawmakers are acting irresponsibly by risking a government shutdown that would compromise staff safety in our state's prisons. It's time to do the right thing." A government shutdown would lead to widespread layoffs at the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC). If the legislature does not pass a budget by June 30, the DOC has estimated that up to 50 percent of correctional employees, 2,800 staff, could be subject to temporary layoffs. Read More. |
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