By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
This is the fifth in our extensive series on current negotiation conditions and trends. In this article, we focus on recent economic developments.
April 1, 2021 by
Wage Series Part 5: Economic Conditions
March 22, 2021 by
Wage Series Part 4: The Impact of COVID on Recent Wage Settlement Trends in Washington Public Safety Labor Contracts
By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
This is the fourth part of our early 2021 wages series. In the last article in our 2021 wage series, we looked at all Washington public safety settlements from 2019 to 2021. That report showed a downward trend in 2021 settlements.
March 10, 2021 by
Wage Series Part 2: Trends in CPI and its Impact on Your Contract Negotiations
By: Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
In part one of our early 2021 Wage series, we reported on the latest CPI data. That was a look backward at the more recent data. In this article, we look forward to what you might expect for inflation over the near term. Given the goal of achieving a wage increase that at the very least doesn’t fall behind the cost of living, knowing where inflation may be heading is important.
