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.
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.
RALLY at Western State Hospital (WSH) FRI Sep7 from 1-3pm. Gather at the flagpole.
AFSCME members in Washington state are demanding solutions to ensure worker safety after one of their co-workers – sister Christa Butters – was assaulted by a patient who had a history of violence.
Belwo is the list of endorsements made at the April 28 AFSCME Council 28 (WFSE) Endorsements Conference.
FEDERAL RACES
U.S. Senate
Maria Cantwell, D*
U.S. Congress
CD 1: Suzan DelBene, D* CD 3: Carolyn Long, D CD 5: Lisa Brown, D CD 6: Derek Kilmer, D* CD 7: Pramila Jayapal, D* CD 8: (dual) Jason Rittereiser, D, and Kim Schrier, D CD 9: Adam Smith, D* CD 10: Denny Heck, D*
I’m from South Dakota. It’s a right to work state. I'd like to share my experience and why I'm #UnionStrong.
The average salary of state workers in South Dakota is close to half to two-thirds of what workers in Washington make. The cost of living there is about the same as Spokane, cheaper than Seattle.
Top quotes from Monday’s US Supreme Court hearing on the Janus case that aims to install inequality at the bargaining table (to negotiate wages to sustain our families) and also in representing state employees’ contract rights in the workplace:
