Relevant web site resources:

http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/WM/Members.htm  Senate Ways and Means
Committee Members  I wrote them all, they are the ones holding the hearings on
whether or not to fund the contract. The links beside their names lead to their
profiles, and on the profile page is a link to an e-mail form to complete to
contact them.  You can copy and paste your message so you don't have to type it
over and over again!  Because most of these guys will be out of your district
once you hit the send message button it will come back and ask you to click a
radio button to acknowledge that you are out of their district but want to
contact them anyway.  Click the radio and hit the send message button again.

http://www1.leg.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/09A325BA-1EA4-48BA-978B-B321FA909F61/876/CompWorkSessionJan2505.pdf
 Document from first work session on 1/25/05 (the one Bill mentioned in our
meeting)

http://www1.leg.wa.gov/House/Committees/APP/Members.htm  House of
Representatives Appropriations Committee Members (this list should be similar
to the Senate one shown above, but it hasn't been posted yet.  I was told the
committee members haven't been finalized yet, but that the minute they were,
they'd post.) You can write them all as well, because they are the ones hearing
the compensation issue.

http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/  This is the main leg page, in the center at
the bottom is the district finder, put in your home address and it will tell you
who your district rep/senator is and how to contact them directly...another set
of letters/e-mails.  Good to let the folks who represent you in Olympia know
how you feel about this.  Follow up with them if you don't hear back.  Use the
Legislative Hotline too, 1-800- 562-6000.

http://www.leg.wa.gov/subscriptions/index.cfm?fuseaction=lists#combined  This is
the page where you can sign up for the LISTSERV that will notify you of relevant
committee meetings.  I signed up for three:  Combined Meeting Schedule, House
Appropriations and Senate Ways and Means agenda change notices.

http://www.perc.wa.gov/ Public Employees Relations Commission This is who we
will file our petition for decertification with in March of 2007, and these are
the folks to file your Unfair Labor Practices claims with.

http://www.perc.wa.gov/Forms/U1.pdf  ULP Claim Form - Contact Carlene if you
have questions on this, she's already filed and can provide pointers.  I hoped
to file today, but it doesn't look like that will happen.  Maybe I can get it
done by Monday!   carlenecovey@comcast.net

http://washingtonworks.wa.gov/  Washington Works, which is DOPs web site for all the changes to the personnel system.

http://washingtonworks.wa.gov/newsletter/2005/newsletter0105.pdf   Their most
recent newsletter, lots of info on these issues.

http://inside.dis.wa.gov/waworks/faqs0526.htm  This is the agency Q&A on
Collective Bargaining, and I understand you can check this out while at work,
because it's only available at work.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/c_fhui  This is an interesting site, it was
produced by someone close to the FED-UP movement at Ecology...I haven't had
time to take a real close look yet.

You can e-mail your letter to the editor to the Olympian at news@theolympian.com
 They have a 250 word limit and they may call and ask you if you wrote it
yourself and if it is a form letter. If you prefer to write them:  Letter to
the Editor, The Olympian, PO Box 1219, Olympia, WA  98507.

If you are in Pierce County, or just in the mood to write eveyone, letters to
the editor of the News Tribune can be e-mailed to:  letters@thenewstribune.com
or via regular mail:  The Editor, TNT, P.O. Box 11000, Tacoma, WA  98411

http://www.ofm.wa.gov/labor/default.htm  The Labor Relations Office...these are
the folks who negotiated with the Federation on behalf of Governor Locke.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/columnists/story/4479361p-4216221c.html  A
very good article that recently appeared in the News Tribune...which got a
strong reaction from the Federation (see below)

http://www.theolympian.com/home/specialsections/Legislature/20050110/63125.shtml
 Recent article in the O...taking the union view.  The O editorial board
supports the contract.  Any ideas how we can work to change their minds?  The reporter, who writes most of the articles, including some that have been favorable to dissenting employees, is Adam Wilson and his e-mail is
adawilson@olympia.gannett.com if you'd like to contact him about your views.

The Evergreen Freedom Foundation has been supportive of the dissenting voices
and if you'd like to get on their e-mail list send a note to Michael Reitz.
He's sent me two interesting notes this week alone, including one about the
Federation, part of which I'll paste here:

FYI: the WFSE is setting up a PR team to respond to news of the state worker's
contract.  If you didn't see the News Tribune piece they're talking about, you
can get it here:
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/columnists/story/4479361p-4216221c.html.
Michael Reitz
Evergreen Freedom Foundation
360.956.3482 | 360.352.1874 (fax)
mreitz@effwa.org
"...because freedom matters!"

The article that talks about the PR work he's referring to is posted by the
Washington State Labor Council:
http://www.wslc.org/reports/latest.htm#Wednesday

http://www.nrtw.org/  The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.
Also interesting reading.  They are helping some individual state employees
right now...one I'm aware of at Fish & Wildlife.

The FED-UP web site has been
put up by a volunteer webmaster.

The Federation's web site.  Interesting reading for sure.  Gives you a very
clear picture of what they are doing, how they are doing it and who supports
them: http://www.wfse.org/  It will give you an idea what we are up against.

Thanks everyone.  If there's anything else that you need, let me know.  I'll do
what I can.  Share what you've learned and encourage one another.  If you
decide you want to be taken off this mailing list, just shoot me a note and
I'll take you off.  Conversely, if you know anyone who'd like to be added, let
me know that too. 
Remember:  everything you do has to be on your own time and
on your own dime!