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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.
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BULLETIN: UW students and Local 3488 Laundry workers unite against privatizing

A delegation of Local 3488 members from the University of Washington Laundry reached out to UW student groups and forged a partnership that aims to oppose privatizing this vital public service.

Here's a fun way to celebrate Women's History Month - grab some colored pencils and print out the NYSUT Women's Committee Coloring Book.

The coloring book was created for participants of NYSUT's first-ever conference on women's priorities called "Speak Up, Stand Up, Step Up" held in March 2017.

Sign up now for candidate training March 28-30 in Yakima

If you're a union member thinking about running for the city council, school board, or some other elected public office, time is running out to sign up for the Path to Power candidate training. 

Path to Power training

Inslee, Ferguson call out "Falsehood" Foundation, explain why coalition of 20 states backs public employees at the United States Supreme Court

In a "point-counterpart" pair of guest editorials in Sunday's Tacoma News Tribune, Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson debated a representative from what one Local 53 member dubbed the "Falsehood Foundation" over the Janus case now before the United States Supreme Court.

More on Friday's PSERS passage in the state Senate

After years of effort, workers in DSHS and Veterans institutions with unacceptable rates of assault and injury will now be able to join the PSERS retirement system if the governor signs SHB 1558 into law.

More on Monday’s Supreme Court hearing

Top quotes from Monday’s US Supreme Court hearing on the Janus case that aims to install inequality at the bargaining table (to negotiate wages to sustain our families) and also in representing state employees’ contract rights in the workplace: