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Action Needed: Support Staff Pay Increases Challenged by OFM

Thousands of WFSE members in support staff positions organized statewide and launched the #SupportStaffSupportUsAll campaign and won increases through crosswalked reallocations during 2025-27 contract negotiations.

Action Needed: Support Staff Pay Increases Challenged by OFM

Medicaid Cuts Near, State Revenue Drops: Action Needed

Anti-worker extremists in Congress are pushing to cut $700 billion from Medicaid, SNAP or Medicare to pay for billionaire tax breaks by July 4th.

Medicaid Cuts Near, State Revenue Drops: Action Needed

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

Layoff Resources and the Fight Ahead

This budget crisis was worse than the COVID crisis, worse than the Great Recession, where $10 billion in cuts were made. The question was not if there would be layoffs, just how many, and if our raises and health benefits were also at risk.

Layoff Resources and the Fight Ahead

Night Custodian Wins Four-Year Fight for Footwear Allowance

After four years of advocacy, Melissa Rossiter, a WFSE local 443 member and night custodian at the State Capitol, finally saw a long-time dream come true: her coworkers receiving the safety footwear they’re contractually owed.

Night Custodian Wins Four-Year Fight for Footwear Allowance