2016 RPEC Convention Summary

The 45th Annual RPEC Convention was held in Wenatchee, Washington on September 27 & 28, 2016, at the Wenatchee Convention Center.

2017 Legislative Priorities

Click here to download a copy of the 2017 Legislative Priorities – Passed

Resolutions

• Resolution 1 – Protect PERS from Plan 4 – Passed
• Resolution 2 – Strengthening Social Security – Passed
• Resolution 3 – Affordable Healthcare – Passed
• Resolution 4 – Protect and Improve PERS Plans 2 and 3 – Passed
• Resolution 5 – Medicare Supplement – Passed
• Resolution 6 – Restore COLA – Passed
• Resolution 7 – Elimination of the WEP/GPO – Passed
• Resolution 8 – Social Security Taxation – Passed
• Resolution 9 – Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – Passed
• Resolution 10 – Support Sponsors Who Seek To Change The Initiative Process So That Initiatives Identify Specific Funding Sources Needed To Enact Said Initiatives – Passed
• Resolution 11 – Support Organizations That Seek To Broaden State Revenue Base By Reconfiguring And/Or Closing Exemptions And Loopholes In The Existing Washington Tax Code – Passed
• Resolution 12 – Medicare Coverage for Eyeglasses, Hearing Aids and Dental Care – Passed
• Resolution 13 – State Initiatives – Referred to Executive Board

Presentations

State Budget Update – David Schumacher, Director, Office of Financial Management
Political Landscape – Teresa Mosqueda, Washington State Labor Council

Your New Executive Board

Executive Committee:

PRESIDENT: Mike Watson
VICE-PRESIDENT: Brenda Williams
TREASURER: Ken Williams
SECRETARY: Mary Marbles

District Board Members:

DISTRICT #1: Robert Bandarra (Ch. 6,7,8,37)
DISTRICT #2: Kenneth Turner (Ch. 15,25,27,45)
DISTRICT #3: Kandy Kraig (Ch. 13,14,29,32,44,48)
DISTRICT #4: Daniel Underwood (Ch. 11,16,21,39)
DISTRICT #5: Duane Thompson (Ch. 9,17,20,40)
DISTRICT #6: Michael Marston (Ch. 18,19,22,23,24)
DISTRICT #7: Nancy Heley (Ch. 2)
DISTRICT #8: Carol Dotlich (Ch. 1,10,12)
DISTRICT #9: Alma Jean Marion and Claude Burfect (Ch. 3,28,30,35,46)