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.
Heading into a legislative session entirely over Zoom, we know some legislators are considering serious cuts as a strategy to balance the budget—and we know that ends in lost services, folks falling through the cracks, and a prolonged economic crisis.
Join AFSCME and several other national unions as we host a town hall on the COVID-19 vaccine next Tuesday, January 12th, at 3pm PST. Medical experts will be on hand to answer your questions about the vaccine and what to expect after receiving it.
AFSCME President Lee Saunders called the victories of the Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s Senate runoff elections “a bold mandate for change.”
Following a hard-fought campaign to organize a union with WFSE, the Department of Ecology’s Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) supervisors won an arbitration granting them almost two years of per diem back pay.
Michael Franks, a WCC shop steward and WFSE Local 872 treasurer, played a critical role in the process.
“With last week’s win, more folks are beginning to understand the union difference,” he said.
