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WASHINGTON PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ASS'N v. STATE

No. 31824-5-II.

110 P.3d 1154 (2005)

WASHINGTON PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION and Robert Benning, Daniel M. Hahn, Herbert T. Nelson, Tony M. Perez, Cheryl A. Walpole, as individuals and class representatives for all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. STATE of Washington, Washington Personnel Resources Board, Washington Department of Personnel, and Linda Lanham, Eugene Matt, and Leonard Nord in their official capacities, Respondents. Geneva L. Schroll, Lisa A. Vasconi, and Andrea M. Tautfest, as individuals and as class representatives for all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. District 1199 NW Hospital and Health Care Employees Union, SEIU, AFLCIO, State of Washington, Washington Personnel Resources Board and Linda Lanham, Eugene Matt, and Leonard Nord, in their official capacities, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

April 26, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzanne J. Shaw, Office of the Atty. Gen., Spencer Walter Daniels, Olympia, WA, Martha A. Barron, Paul Drachler, Douglas Drachler & Mckee LLP, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.

Edward Earl Younglove, Olympia, WA, Martin S. Garfinkel, Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, Seattle, WA, for Appellants.

Washington Federation of State Employees, Olympia, WA, pro se.

Daniel M. Hahn, Olympia, WA, pro se.

Cheryl A. Walpole, Olympia, WA, pro se.

Herbert T. Nelson, Olympia, WA, pro se.

Robert Benning, Olympia, WA, pro se.

Tony M. Perez, Olympia, WA, pro se.

ARMSTRONG, J.

¶1 State employees working in general government and higher education filed statutory and equal protection claims against the State, arguing that wage disparities between employees in the two systems who perform essentially the same jobs violate the state civil service laws and the state and federal equal protection guarantees. The trial court granted summary judgment for the State. We reverse.

FACTS

¶2 This appeal arises...

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