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Help Make WFSE Legislative Priorities a Reality - Sign Up to Lobby

WFSE members from across the state attended our union's lobby training on January 8. Now, members are testifying in support of WFSE priorities, including funding for agreements that bring as much as 3.25% in pay increases along with a lump sum payment.

Help Make WFSE Legislative Priorities a Reality - Sign Up to Lobby

2023-2025 Bargaining Teams Announced

Check out the 2023-2025 WFSE bargaining teams. Next, teams will attend a training, review bargaining proposals and prepare to negotiate the best possible contracts for our jobs, families and communities

2023-2025 Bargaining Teams Announced

A Message From Mike

Solidarity Makes the Difference - WFSE President Mike Yestramski

Our union, WFSE, is closed out the year with plenty to celebrate.

A Message From Mike

WFSE Members Ensure Labor Laws Apply to ALL Washingtonians

Members won a verdict against a multi-billion-dollar company running a for-profit detention center that was paying detainees as little as $1/day to keep the facility running.

WFSE Members Ensure Labor Laws Apply to ALL Washingtonians

Everett Community College Pauses Plans to Close Early Learning Center

From the Washington News Service

Everett Community College Pauses Plans to Close Early Learning Center

EvCC Board: Don’t Outsource College’s Early Learning Center

The Early Learning Center on the Everett Community College campus is in danger of being handed over to an outside contractor that will operate it as a limited-service daycare center. Our community of educators, workers, parents, and community have been left out of the process.

EvCC Board: Don’t Outsource College’s Early Learning Center

Volunteer Member Organizer Opportunity

Are you a member interested in sharpening your organizing skills? WFSE is recruiting members to participate in a statewide outreach campaign to educate non-members on the value of union membership.

Volunteer Member Organizer Opportunity

Long-Term Care Enrollment Deadline Extended to Oct. 14.

ALERT: Deadline extended to Oct.

Long-Term Care Enrollment Deadline Extended to Oct. 14.

General Government Pay Raise Agreement Ratified

WFSE Secures Pay Raises for 2022

General Government Pay Raise Agreement Ratified

Big Win for Safety at Western State Hospital

WFSE members at Western State Hospital learned to use their union rights as a tool to save the Violence-Reduction Team, a small group that has made huge safety gains over the last several years.

Big Win for Safety at Western State Hospital

BREAKING: State Workers Ratify Vaccine Agreement

For Immediate Release

September 10, 2021

BREAKING: State Workers Ratify Vaccine Agreement

WFSE Tentative Vaccine Agreement Is a Victory for Public Health & Due Process

We are excited to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with the state regarding the effects of the governor’s vaccine mandate. This agreement is a result of our demand to bargain (DTB) and represents a victory for both public health and due process.

WFSE Tentative Vaccine Agreement Is a Victory for Public Health & Due Process