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.
In October of 2021, WFSE passed a resolution declaring our support of the 52,000 health care union members from 21 different locals employed with Kaiser Permanente who are currently in contract negotiations.
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.
Some of the nation’s largest cultural institutions accepted more than $1.6 billion in federal help to weather the coronavirus pandemic, but continued to let go of workers – even though the assistance was meant to shore up payrolls and keep workers on the job, according to a report released by AFSCME Cultural Workers United.
Update: In a significant victory, WFSE members have ratified the two below agreements. Final versions of these agreements will be added as soon as they are available.
After several years without raises, we won a historic 3% across-the-board raise, as well as increases for specific classifications (about 2/3 of our membership).
An overwhelming majority of members also voted to ratify the vaccine mandate agreement with UW.
