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.
This is part of a series highlighting WFSE stewards across Washington State.
WFSE’s dedicated volunteer stewards ensure accountability and respect on the job, organize their workplaces, assist with member communication and so much more. Stewards are critical to our success as a union.
We caught up with WFSE activist and steward Maggie Bear on the challenges and rewards of this role.
Karen E. Johnson has been a case manager at the Columbia River Community Services Office (CSO) in Vancouver, Washington for fifteen years. When she relocated to Washington to begin working in the CSO, it was with a shining record of public service.
Johnson didn’t know her work would lead her to confront oppression within public service agencies. As a Developmental Respect, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) Facilitator-Ambassador, she travels Washington to share stories, advice, and hope to fellow public employees.
A power outage in the Olympia area has impacted phone lines at WFSE's Member Connection Center. The power company has informed us that lines should be restored by 3:30 p.m., 8/26.
If you need to reach the Member Connection Center, please email [email protected].
Join our campaign to educate and mobilize WFSE members and our allies on the need for revenue reform, institutional change, and an investment in public services. Together we can mitigate the economic impact on members and residents and help usher in needed reforms. Register for any online workshop below, and let's speak up together for our jobs, families and communities.
Join fellow WFSE members in "Finding Well-Being in Difficult Times," a webinar where you will learn strategies for well-being and stress management and resources available to you via Kaiser Permanente and Regence UMP.
Amidst a renewed movement for racial justice, a global pandemic, and a recession, workers across the country are seeing the benefit of unions more clearly than ever. Conversations with members from across Eastern Washington about these crises show a diversity of opinion on where WFSE can focus its resources to make the greatest impact.
