After more than a year and a half of contentious negotiations with Snohomish County, PROTEC17 members secured a hard-fought victory on a multi-year contract that contains cost-of-living adjustments – including retroactive payments back to Jan. 1, 2024 – non-discrimination language, and many other language improvements and benefits.
Since Nov. 2023, when negotiations first began, PROTEC17 members took many actions in an attempt to move the County, including: petitions, attending public County Council meetings and arranging meetings with County Council members, holding solidarity days in the workplace, going to mediation, and flooding the Snohomish County Executive’s inbox. While ultimately the negotiations team gave the final agreement a neutral recommendation due to it being presented by the County as a ‘last, best, and final’ offer, members overwhelmingly ratified the terms, which will give them a minimum 10 percent increase over the life of the contract, depending upon the results of the CPI-W wage formula in 2026 and 2027.
County Council voted to approve the contract in May, and the contract was implemented on June 1, 2025. The new pay rates were reflected on members’ June 20 paychecks, with retro pay to come separately – please check your personal email for updates on retro pay.
A special thank you to the Bargaining Teams for the Allied Health, Environmental Health (EH), and EH Supervisors contracts who put in countless hours throughout this process