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A salute to those who answer the call 

About 240 million times a year, the very first public safety professional to respond to an emergency is the 911 dispatcher who answers the urgent phone call.    

A salute to those who answer the call 

The Road to a Fair Union Contract

If you’ve been keeping track of our work to set the stage for this round of negotiations, you know that our members have done exactly what we needed to do over the last year to prevent backsliding an

The Road to a Fair Union Contract

RSVP Today: May 30 Community Engagement Statewide!

Join members statewide as we ask our local communities to help us hold the line during our 2027-29 contract campaign. WFSE members' union contracts have a huge impact on our surrounding communities, whether it's how much our 50k+ members have to spend at local businesses or if we're able to recruit and retain enough people to the jobs Washingtonians depend on.

RSVP Today: May 30 Community Engagement Statewide!

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