Gov. Ferguson calls for salary survey after WA ferry sickout

By: Jake Goldstein-Street

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: October 13, 2026

Words: 733

Last Updated: 4 days, 22 hours ago

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After a sickout crippled Washington’s ferry system last week, Gov. Bob Ferguson ordered a new evaluation of its engineers’ salaries ahead of wage negotiations with union workers next summer.

Negotiators for Ferguson refused to offer a wage increase to members of the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association in months of talks on a new two-year collective bargaining agreement. The union did not ratify an agreement, and the contract dispute went to a third-party arbitrator, …

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