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.
Washington state faces an economic catastrophe of unprecedented scale. Without action, public sector workers like us — the very people who have risked their lives to get us through this pandemic — will be forced to pay the price with cuts to the vital services we provide Washingtonians, cuts to our benefits, and permanent layoffs. This campaign is about choosing a better path forward: putting working People First and asking the super wealthy to pay their fair share.
Sarah Reyneveld is a WFSE member, a working mother of two, an assistant attorney general, and a candidate for State Representative in Washington’s 36th District. We caught up with her to discuss why it’s critical for public employees to participate in the political process and why her campaign is all about working folks.
“I’ve spent my entire fifteen-year career working for the people of our state, and I’m running for the State House now to make our government work for the people and to create a future we can all believe in,” she said.
No other workforce has more at stake in the decisions made by elected officials. AFSCME Council 28/WFSE has released its full list of political endorsements for the 2020 August primary. View the full list here. Members made endorsements after a series of interviews to determine where candidates stand on issues impacting public employees.
Unions have long been a source of strength for working families when times are tough—and times are tough now. Former Washington Representative Tim Probst is offering the royalties of his newly released book, Joe Lake Journal, to the Foundation for Working Families (FFWF) from now till 7/21/20.
