Like many DCYF workers in Washington, Taylor Andrews-Garcelon loves her clients but has felt her job get more stressful and dangerous in the last few years.
Big decisions about our working conditions and livelihoods were made in Olympia during the 2024 legislative session. Through our union, we had a seat at the table and came away with major improvements for public employees.
The 2021 Legislative Session is in full swing. Decisions about our wages, work conditions, and the services we provide will be made over the next several months.
On January 2nd, I received my first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
This wasn’t a decision I took lightly.
I’m a Mental Health Practitioner Clinical Specialist at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where I’ve worked for the past six years. I currently sit on the Harborview Ethics Committee and the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee. I’m also the president of AFSCME Local 3488.
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.”
