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PTSI Awareness: What workers should know about this silent injury

A normal part of our daily jobs involves clocking in, working through a shift and clocking out at the end of the workday. But what happens when a traumatic event occurs at work that stays with you beyond your shift? Disturbing and tragic events, such as witnessing a co-...

PTSI Awareness: What workers should know about this silent injury

Ecology Workers Take on Hazardous Lighting

A rainbow over the Ecology headquarters building

When a harsh, disruptive lighting change gave employees watery eyes and headaches, WFSE Local 872 members took action. Their collective voices and strategy convinced management to do the right thing and correct the problem.“The agency went to LED lighting, which was a g...

WSDOT Members Win Fight for Fair Pay

Edie Stritmatter and Tricia Sorensen, two WSDOT WFSE Members who fought for years to have the true nature and scope of their work recognized.

Armed with a strong contract and the resources of their union, four WFSE members won justice for themselves and their co-workers.

Legislative Update: Furloughs Eliminated, Capital Gains, Juneteenth & More

WFSE made the 2021 Washington State legislative session a success despite the remote status.4/27: WFSE Members Won Big This Session Before the start of the 2021 legislative session, public employees were looking at continued furloughs, layoffs and severe program cuts du...

Union Activism and Community Brought Maricres Back

Maricres Tuliao was reinstated with the help of her union, member activists, friends and colleagues.

Terminated by Seattle Colleges during the pandemic, Maricres was reinstated with the help of her union, member activists, friends and colleagues.Maricres Tuliao has worked for Seattle Colleges in one form or another for 25 years. She started out as a student worker wash...

Contract Out Our Jobs? We’ll Fight it and Win

Union activists at the Dept. of Transportation wouldn’t take no for an answer when their work was given to contractors. They won a $10k settlement.

A WFSE Member’s Student Loans Were Forgiven—Apply for Forgiveness Today

Find step-by-step instructions and resources on how to apply to have your loans forgiven.

March 23: Tacoma Art Museum Union Recognition Rally

LD 27 Democrats, the home district of Tacoma Art Museum, is the latest group to call on the museum Board to respect the right to organize and recognize the workers’ union. See details and RSVP for the March 23 rally hereDistribute this flyer at your local meetings

WFSE Member Action Team Ends Unfair Policy at Seattle Colleges

A group of WFSE Local 304 members stood before the Seattle Colleges Board of Trustees (BOT), dressed in AFSCME green shirts.

UNION Membership Equals

A Seat at the Table for EMS Workers in Prescott, Arizona

EMS Local 2960 members hold up copies of a petition joined together to form a large banner

Photo Credit: Local 2960

Public Charge Rule Would Turn American Dream into Nightmare for Millions

Diverse crowd of people waving small American flags

This summer, I joined thousands of union members at a rally in Philadelphia to speak out against the Trump administration’s family separation policy. I was there to represent our union’s vision and values. We reject an immigration policy based on fear and cruelty. We em...

Public Service Loan Forgiveness: A Broken Promise

Megha Desai is a public defender in Multnomah County, Oregon. In a given week, she might work upwards of 60 hours. Right now, she has about 145 open cases.“It's like a conveyor belt. Every day you work on your assigned cases, new ones roll in,” said Desai, a member of L...

Caught in Limbo: AFSCME Member Struggles with Student Loan Forgiveness

A sign reading "Student Loan Help" in front of a person looking at paperwork.

As a public librarian for the Philadelphia Free Library, Sheila O’Steen embodies what we think of when we imagine a public service worker. Every day, she interacts with members of her community. Whether her patrons are young or old, affluent or impoverished, O’Steen sha...

AFSCME member’s support for unions earns her AT&T savings

Georgia Veiga has been a proud member of AFSCME New Jersey Local 3440 for the last 17 years. She regularly seeks out opportunities to support companies that employ union workers.

To honor those who died on the job, give every worker a voice in the workplace

Photo of four AFSCME members in different professions

Workers Memorial Day 2021 arrives at a moment of the greatest urgency, when the front lines of the war against COVID-19 run through America’s workplaces.

Thanking EMS professionals is not enough; we must help them solve a staffing crisis