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No workforce has more at stake
What we're able to pass this legislative session (January 12 – March 12) will determine how much money there is to negotiate for when we enter contract negotiations in the spring.
It will determine if we’re even able to protect the gains we made at the bargaining table last year.
Remember, no workforce has more at stake in the decisions made by elected officials than us.
Big decisions that impact our livelihoods will be made in Olympia starting in January. With your union you have a seat at the table.
Take Action and Sign Up to Lobby
- WFSE LOBBY TRAINING, Saturday, January 10, 2026
- Please RSVP by Friday, January 2, 2026.
- Register here
- WFSE MEMBER LOBBY DAYS
- The 2026 Legislative Session runs from Monday, January 12, 2026, through Thursday, March 12, 2026. This is a short session year of 60 days.
- Register here
Recruit your fellow members to join us during our lobby days and with our other priorities!
How can WFSE members lead right now?
- Sign up for your Legislators’ mailing lists to be informed of town halls. You can find your representatives here.
- AFSCME GO: Public services are under attack at the federal level. Get involved with AFSCME and Get Organized!
- Send a letter to your Washington elected officials NOW letting them know we’re ready to defend public services and demand they create a Washington for All. Send a letter.
- Download the lobby days flyer and get members in your local to come lobby.
Stay tuned and participate in upcoming opportunities such as:
- Postcard writing campaigns
- Letters to legislators
- Phone banking
- Opportunities to organize rallies at the Capitol and in your community
- And more!
Our Positions
- No cuts to essential public services or jobs
- Preserve and fund our institutions
- Raise progressive revenue — tax the wealthy and corporations
- NO take-aways or collective bargaining restrictions
Our Priority Bills
Our members are prioritizing bills about:
- Artificial intelligence
- Arbitration rights
- Employee information
- Preventing harassment of public sector workers by anti-union groups
- Bargaining rights over compensation for interpreters
- And more to come!
Creating a Washington for All, Not Just the Rich
Everyone should contribute to the services we provide
The state budget should not depend on the spending habits of poor and working families who are barely getting by. But that’s what we do here in Washington.
Because half of our state budget relies on sales tax, the richest 1% in Washington pay about 4% of their income in taxes. The average WFSE member pays nearly three times as much, around 11%.[1]
The result is boom and bust budget cycles where our pay and the services we provide are never adequately funded.
Meanwhile, the huge profits enjoyed by the super-rich and the largest corporations in our state are not taxed and do not go towards the services we all depend on.
Our message is simple: Everyone in Washington should have access to and benefit from public services, and everyone should help maintain them.
We want a Washington for all, not just the rich. That means shared responsibility for the services we all depend on.
Learn more about our upside-down tax code here and from our allies:
[1] https://itep.org/washington-who-pays-7th-edition/