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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

Sign up for 2026 Lobby Days

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.

Sign up for 2026 Lobby Days

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

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

Shutdown Has Frontline Workers and Washington Families Reeling

Find layoff resources and actions we're taking to help workers and families get through the government shutdown.

Shutdown Has Frontline Workers and Washington Families Reeling

At ABHS, WFSE Member Wins Back Missing Sick Pay

When American Behavioral Health Systems (ABHS) van driver and WFSE Local 2824 member Kayla Roundtree realized a discrepancy in sick time accrual was shorting her and her coworkers of their earned hours, she took action with her union and made it right.

At ABHS, WFSE Member Wins Back Missing Sick Pay

WFSE Remembers John Henson

WFSE and Retired Public Employees Council members are remembering longtime activist and leader John Henson.

WFSE Remembers John Henson

500+ public workers join WFSE in 2 weeks

From Wenatchee, Okanagan, Tri-Cities and Moses Lake to Tacoma, Olympia, Seattle, and the entire Westside, we showed what happens when our union moves as one!

500+ public workers join WFSE in 2 weeks

Tacoma Art Museum Workers Unanimously Ratify First Union Contract

After nearly three years of fighting, the workers at Tacoma Art Museum have successfully ratified their first union contract and joined WFSE/AFSCME.

Tacoma Art Museum Workers Unanimously Ratify First Union Contract

Sarah Shaw Released from ICE, Supported by WFSE Members and Family

With the help of her union siblings, family and elected officials, the WFSE member and public servant from Everett has been released from ICE custody.

Sarah Shaw Released from ICE, Supported by WFSE Members and Family

WFSE Demands ICE Release DCYF Union Member Immediately

The Washington Federation of State Employees calls for the immediate release of our member and DCYF juvenile rehabilitation employee Sarah Shaw (Local 341) and her son, Isaac, who have been illegally detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

WFSE Demands ICE Release DCYF Union Member Immediately

WFSE DCYF Update - August 4, 2025

SUBJECT: DCYF Ad-Hoc Policy Committee Meeting Updates

Hello Wonderful WFSE DCYF Members!

A big thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Saturday morning adhoc policy committee meeting! We cannot believe how much was accomplished, thank you!

WFSE DCYF Update - August 4, 2025