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WFSE members have been hard at work making DOC a safer and better place to work.

WFSE DOC employees keep communities safe.

WFSE leaders from 41 different locals across Washington gathered on May 31 and June 1, learning the best ways to organize for success within their locals.

Local delegates, executive board members, and member of PEOPLE, our union's political action fund, came together on April 27 to decide which candidates our union endorses in a critical 2024 election season.

CALL TO ACTION:

USAS Call-to-action: Ana Mari Cauce, UW President at 206-543-5010 and Paul Ramsey, CEO of UW Medicine at 206-543-7718.

Great week for our priority legislation

In the past eight days, Federation members saw several of our priority bills signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee.

I AM 2018: Fifty years later, the struggle continues

Maurice Spivey, a Memphis sanitation worker and member of AFSCME Local 1733, takes pride in serving his community. Every day, he and his co-workers give back to their neighbors and to the city they call home.

Just as important, Spivey says, “We’re holding up Dr. King’s blood-soaked banner.”

BULLETIN: Important developments in wake of Rally to Save UW Laundry

As you recall, the University of Washington has announced the proposed closure and contracting out of the UW Consolidated Laundry – and displacement of 120 workers. These workers rallied on the main UW campus Wednesday (March 28) as they take their fight to the community, campus and corridors of power.

At Save UW Laundry Rally on UW Campus. “It’s really sad they’re trying to close down this laundry.”—Patricia Thomas

 
TELL UW Medicine to do the right thing and keep the UW Laundry. Please share on FB one or more of these photos today to show solidarity with the laundry workers.

CLUELESS IN SEATTLE, PULLMAN...


New report:

“The highest-paid state employees, year in and year out, work for state universities, and the biggest paychecks go to football and basketball coaches.” — seattlepi.com 3/20/18 https://www.seattlepi.com/…/Washington-s-25-highest-paid-st…