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.
Following a brutal workplace attack in October that left her unconscious and hospitalized, Tina Suckow is speaking out. She and her AFSCME sisters and brothers are raising their voices against her firing by Iowa state authorities and in favor of a federal bill that would help prevent such workplace attacks.
State employees will see pay increases, job improvements, and expanded bargaining rights this year thanks to the efforts of WFSE members during the 2019 state legislative session.
“There is no workforce in Washington with more at stake [in legislative decisions],” said Cody Cohan, a care resource manager for the Developmental Disabilities Administration. “We are stronger together when working to improve the lives of all Washingtonians.”
The WFSE 2019 Rising Star Award was given to Jordan Harrington June 2nd at the Rise Up conference. Created to honor a new steward who is building and strengthening our union, the award honored Harrington’s work at Green River College.
“Jordan has shown, in the short time he’s been a steward, that’s he’s fighting for the workers out here,” said coworker Lonnie Hunter. “We are important to him.”
