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Yakima Members

Contract Info.

- Read the 2009-2011 contract (PDF)

- Read the 2010 Medical Rates (PDF)

News Articles -

Numbers of long-term unemployed rising in Yakima County - Read article in The Yakima Hearld Republic - Sun, Oct. 9, 2011

Jan. 12, 2012

Contract Ratification Vote Info.

Click here to vote.

- Read the Final for vote (PDF)

- Read the Final w/ changes (Word Doc)

Yakima Health District News
Yakima Health District employees are preparing for negotiations for a contract that expires 12-31-2011.

The team includes:
Art McEwan- EH
David Cole-EH
And Carrie Blackwood.

Other News: Summer 2011

Note: Don Briscoe has retired. I, Carrie Blackwood, will be your acting Union Representative pending the hire and training of your Union Representative. I look forward to working with you. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Triumphing Over Typhoid, Volcanoes and Mad Cow:
Yakima Health District Celebrates 100 Years

Read the Aug. 2011
Insight Article

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