Washington Public Sector Labor Negotiations Blog
Trends and Developments Concerning Washington Public Labor Contracts
By Jim Cline
The latest inflation numbers raises further questions about whether the CPI will continue to decline quickly below 3% as had been predicted. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released US All Cities inflation numbers for March this past Wednesday. Both the National “W” and “U” March indices were reported at 3.5%. That is an increase over the respective 3.1% and 3.2% numbers reported for February.
By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
Every month the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases an inflation update on national inflation numbers and every other month they release a “bi-monthly” update that includes regional data, including the Seattle CPI. In mid-March BLS released their report showing inflation through February.
By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
In last three parts of the wage series, we have discussed State wage rankings for the various public safety classifications. In the next part of the wage series, we run articles on factors that might influence or explain, at least in part, those wage rankings, using the updated 2023 wage rankings.
