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2026 WFSE Legislative Victories

A year after we prevented attacks on our healthcare and compensation during the largest budget shortfall in state history, we made history again.

2026 WFSE Legislative Victories

Women's History Month: Learn About WFSE's Victory for Gender Pay Equity

WFSE has fought gender discrimination since its earliest days.

In 1957, we defeated a plan to restrict state employment to only one member of a household, a ban that would inevitably have taken jobs away from many working wives.

Women's History Month: Learn About WFSE's Victory for Gender Pay Equity

WFSE Celebrates a Century of Black History Month

Pst… Don’t miss:I AM Podcast: MLK and AFSCMEon a strike that rocked a city and altered our history

WFSE Celebrates a Century of Black History Month

Big Win for Support Staff – with Back Pay

After a long fight to ensure administrative staff receive the respect and compensation they deserve, we have reached an agreement with the state that achieves everything

Big Win for Support Staff – with Back Pay

Disaster Relief from the Foundation for Working Families

The Foundation for Working Families is a hardship and disaster relief program overseen by the Washington State Labor Council (WSLC). 

Disaster Relief from the Foundation for Working Families

Choose Your Bargaining Team for Our 2027-29 Contracts

Who will represent you at the table with your employer? It’s time to decide. The power of our union is in solidarity: the strength and influence we have when we join forces as WFSE members to protect our jobs, families and communities. That’s what bargaining is all about.

Choose Your Bargaining Team for Our 2027-29 Contracts

Meet the 2025-2027 WFSE Executive Board

WFSE has a new Executive Board, the statewide body of members that conduct the business of our union between conventions. When convention is not in session, it is the highest governing body of our union.

Meet the 2025-2027 WFSE Executive Board

WFSE DCYF Update - November 6, 2025

Subject: DCYF Ad-Hoc Policy Committee Meeting Updates

Hello WFSE DCYF Members,

Thank you to all of those who were able to make it to the first policy committee meeting of the new term! Below are all the updates and more!

WFSE DCYF Update - November 6, 2025

WFSE DCYF Update - October 31, 2025

Hello WFSE DCYF Members,

We are days away from our first policy committee meeting of the new term, and we already have updates for you!  

Bargaining

WFSE DCYF Update - October 31, 2025

Lobby for 2026 Worker Priorities — Help Win a Washington for All!

What we're able to pass this legislative session will determine how much money there is to negotiate for when we enter contract negotiations in the spring.

Lobby for 2026 Worker Priorities — Help Win a Washington for All!

WFSE Fights Back at 51st Biennial Convention

Earlier this month, 400 WFSE members representing nearly 50 local unions and tens of thousands of workers gathered for our union 51st biennial convention.

We reflected on our wins, celebrated our activism, elected our leaders, and charted a course forward.

WFSE Fights Back at 51st Biennial Convention

Your Contract Your Voice: Fight for Our Next Contract Today

Winning our next union contract starts with YOU. Last bargaining cycle, we mobilized en masse and refused to accept a bad deal for public workers, winning 5 percent general wage increases and hundreds of job-class specific increases when budget projections were down and the employer was offering 1% over two years.

Your Contract Your Voice: Fight for Our Next Contract Today