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.
Join AFSCME and several other national unions as we host a town hall on the COVID-19 vaccine next Tuesday, January 12th, at 3pm PST. Medical experts will be on hand to answer your questions about the vaccine and what to expect after receiving it.
AFSCME President Lee Saunders called the victories of the Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s Senate runoff elections “a bold mandate for change.”
Following a hard-fought campaign to organize a union with WFSE, the Department of Ecology’s Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) supervisors won an arbitration granting them almost two years of per diem back pay.
Michael Franks, a WCC shop steward and WFSE Local 872 treasurer, played a critical role in the process.
“With last week’s win, more folks are beginning to understand the union difference,” he said.
Here’s a crucial reason for working people to do all they can to help Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock win the Georgia Senate runoff elections in January – federal aid to states, cities, towns and schools.
If Ossoff and Warnock prevail, there will be a pro-worker majority in the U.S. Senate. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, as president of the Senate, will cast the tie-breaking vote when the chamber is deadlocked.
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.
