H-1772.1
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1264
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By House Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Fey, Macri, Fitzgibbon, Lekanoff, Berry, Bronoske, Leavitt, Callan, Ryu, Ramel, Reed, Paul, Parshley, Nance, and Alvarado)
READ FIRST TIME 02/28/25.
AN ACT Relating to making the salaries of ferry system collective bargaining units more competitive through salary survey comparisons; and amending RCW 47.64.006 , 47.64.170 , and 47.64.320 .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 47.64.006 and 1989 c 327 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
The legislature declares that it is the public policy of the state of Washington to: (1) Provide continuous operation of the Washington state ferry system at reasonable cost to users; (2) efficiently provide levels of ferry service consistent with trends and forecasts of ferry usage; (3) promote harmonious and cooperative relationships between the ferry system and its employees by permitting ferry employees to organize and bargain collectively; (4) protect the citizens of this state by assuring effective and orderly operation of the ferry system in providing for their health, safety, and welfare; (5) prohibit and prevent all strikes or work stoppages by ferry employees; (6) protect the rights of ferry employees with respect to employee organizations; and (7) promote just and fair compensation, benefits, and working conditions for ferry system employees as compared with public and private sector employees (( in states along the west coast of the United States, including Alaska, and in British Columbia )) in directly comparable but not necessarily identical positions.