By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
This is the third article in our eleven-part series reporting on contract settlement trends. This article highlights some of the recent economic developments most likely to impact your negotiations outlook.
March 29, 2013 By
Wage Series Part 3: Current Economic Conditions — Improving but Not Robust
March 27, 2013 By
Wage Series Part 2: Recent Wage Settlement Trends in Washington Public Safety Labor Contracts — a Rising, but Not Robust Trend Line
By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
This is the second article in our eleven-part, Spring 2013 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 2012 settlements and what we have so far from 2013, indicates a trend towards rising settlements, but not a full return to the robust, pre Great Recession settlements. Whether a healthy economy will accelerate these trends further, is something we’ll discuss later in this series.
March 25, 2013 By
Wage Series Part 1: Latest CPI Shows Seattle and All Cities CPI Converge
By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
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his is the first of an eleven-part series addressing current economic conditions and wage settlement trends. In this Spring 2013 Wage Series, we’ll bring you an update on CPI and economic developments, wage settlements, interest arbitration trends, statewide wage rankings for public safety classifications across the State, and an in-depth analysis of what factors appear to be impacting those rankings and settlements.
