Local 1031 Union Social, Training, and Potluck
Join Local 1031 for an opportunity to connect with fellow union members, enhance your skills through engaging workshops, and enjoy a delectable potluck spread filled with homemade dishes!
Lobby Training
The 2019 Lobby Training will be held on January 5 at the Seatac Doubletree. Onsite registration (check-in) will open at 9am and training will start promptly at 10am. Lunch will be provided.RSVP HERE
Info Meeting: Delegates, Chapter Chairs, Chief Shop Stewards, Stewards
ATTENTION:Delegates, Chapter Chairs, Chief Shop Stewards, and StewardsThe Local 1549 Administratorship team will be holding an informational meeting Tuesday June 20th starting at 6pm to update you on local activities and hear field reports from you. Location:
Welcome new House Officers!
Welcome to all the new interns, residents, and fellows who started at OHSU this week! We hope you'll join us!What did we win in our first contract?An added week of vacation (4 weeks total)Housing stipend ($2,205 this year)Relocation reimbursement ($1,000)Equiptment/mat...
AFSCME members from across the country are sharing their stories of progress over the last two years.
The last two years have been full of challenges.But under the leadership of the Biden administration and this Congress, we are turning a corner. There have been unprecedented investments in public services and public service jobs. Millions will see the price of life-sav...
New Raffle Rules and Congratulations to Our Winners!
Congratulations to our Raffle Winners from the June 14th General Membership Meeting!1. Rahmin Mishailov2. Gamil Sourour3. Edvrard Roy, Jr.
WFSE Members to Lawmakers: Cuts Hurt Most Vulnerable
Longer response times for stranded drivers, reduced access to life-saving medical treatment and more crime suffered by elderly residents are just a few of the impacts Washington residents may face if legislators choose budget cuts over new revenue.
The union difference: Greatest wealth gains are for Black and Hispanic union households
We’ve said it before: Life is better in a union. Workers who belong to unions make more money than their nonunion counterparts. They have better health care insurance and retirement plans, more job security and safer working conditions. They’re happier.
Biden administration extends pause on student loan repayment
Good news for federal student loan borrowers: This month, the Biden administration again extended the pause on student debt repayment – this time through Aug. 31.
Make your plan to vote today
If there’s one thing the 2020 election has in spades, it’s choices – and not just the choices between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, and choices up and down the ballot. In a year when our jobs, our families, and every aspect of our lives have...
MSOP Meet and Confer 6.08.23
Meeting Minutes: MSOP Labor ManagementDate: 06/08/2023 Minutes prepared by: Steaed DoehringLocation: Pederson Building
Legal Assistants in Pierce County Form a Union
After dealing with years of favoritism, retaliation, and arbitrary staffing changes, the legal assistants, legal interviewers, and victim advocates at the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office have come together to form a union.
Online Training Available for AFSCME Women Leading Change
Across the nation, women are creating change for working families more than ever before. The Women’s Leadership Academy is ready to train more AFSCME women to be leaders of that change.Introducing the 2019 Women’s Leadership Academy Online, which is kicking off training...
Safety, Equipment, Pay Equity Highlighted at DOT Summit
WFSE members from the Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) held a summit over the weekend to identify workplace issues and strategize on how they can address them as a union.Members brought up everything from outdated equipment to the need for biohazard t...
New union contract helps fight understaffing
AFSCME Local 1117 has ratified three 13-month contracts with the City of Torrance. The new agreements come after years of negotiating contracts that expired on June 30, 2020.
Everett Community College Pauses Plans to Close Early Learning Center
From the Washington News Service
A New Jersey member’s career grows thanks to the AFSCME Free College Benefit
The pandemic has led many of us to take stock of our lives and our goals. For AFSCME New Jersey member LaTrenda Ross, the pandemic ignited a long-held dream—starting her own life coaching business.“I was thinking about revamping my whole entire life,” recalls Ross, a me...
From Father To Son: Legacy of Labor Carries in Medina Family
Written by Amy O'Connor, Chief of StaffWilfredo Medina Sr. started his career as a special police officer (SPO) in Hartford schools 35 years ago. In the 1980’s, gang wars were ravaging the capital city and every SPO was trained at the police academy.
In No Uncertain Terms
EMS Week is a time to recognize the sacrifices that EMS professionals make for their communities and to honor these skilled heroes who rush into danger when we need them most. AFSCME EMS professionals play an essential role in the emergency response system, but their st...
‘We Wouldn’t Have Anything If It Weren’t for Our Union’
When he first took a job at the Centralia Correctional Center in Illinois, Keith Kracht knew that a career in public service wouldn’t make him a millionaire. But then again, that’s not why he went into public service.
Faced with Crises, WFSE Members Find New Value in the Union
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...
DCYF Vancouver MAT Team Scores Win for Foster Youth
WFSE members ran a successful petition that ended years of inaction from the state on the issue of housing foster children in hotel rooms.
Bayou State Blues: Members Slammed While Processing Record Unemployment Claims
AFSCME members working for the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) are hopping busy these days fulfilling a critical mission. They are helping Louisianans survive as the Bayou State’s economy buckles under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic.
Veterans will be disproportionately affected if the Senate fails to provide state, local aid
AFSCME members Dawn Bundick of Alaska and Chris Woloscuk of Florida are veterans and public service employees – two facts that make them especially vulnerable as the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the U.S. economy.If Congress fails to provide at least $1 trillion in federal...