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.
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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 22, 2021 by
Wage Series Part 3: Recent Wage Settlement Trends in Washington Public Safety Labor Contracts
By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
This is the third part of our 2021 wage series. In this article, we take a look at recent contract settlements and examine how those trends vary from recent previous years. Our view of 2019 and 2020 settlements and what we have so far from 2021 indicates that the Washington State public sector wages dropped in 2021 but not as substantially as employers might suggest. We see some wage increases with little substantial “real wage” growth (as measured once controlled for inflation). Whether a growing economy eventually will accelerate these is something we’ll discuss later in this series.
