LNI Interpreters

Interpreters deserve professional pay, respect and fairness!

By organizing for power with Interpreters United (WFSE), L&I interpreters will have the opportunity to negotiate and advocate for improvements.

Fair Appointment Distribution
Hourly Minimum Per Appointment
Protection Against Claw Backs
Reimbursement for Late Cancellations/No-shows
A Voice in Our Profession
Much more!

Upcoming Events

The Choice is Clear for L&I Interpreters

Help us continue building a better future for our profession.

L&I Interpreters are Unionizing

Interpreters United (WFSE) is a democratic union of 1,500 interpreters who work Medicaid and Social Services appointments—the first and only union representing freelance interpreters.

Election Update!

Today we had a discussion with the Public Employment Relations Commission, the state agency in charge of union elections.

Who Won the Right for L&I Interpreters to Unionize? We Did.

Let's look back to 2009. As Medicaid and social services interpreters, 38 percent of our pay went to language companies and brokers in the "Broken Brokers System."

Your Right to Bargain Health Benefits? We Won It

Your right to bargain state funded health insurance benefits? Interpreters United (WFSE) won it.

Election Alert: Who Has the Most L&I Interpreter Support?

As you may have seen in our Facebook post, WA Interpreters received a Deficiency Notice from the state.

Political Power Equals a Voice

2020 was a dark year for freelance interpreters like us.

Fair L&I Interpreting Appointments

Access to L&I interpreting appointments for all interpreters. That’s what Interpreters United stands for. Fairness.