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No workforce has more at stake in decisions made by elected officials. That is why we care so much about who is elected to go to Olympia to serve in elected office. Volunteer to inform your fellow union members which candidates have earned labor's endorsement for the 2024 Elections — and why.

On Tuesday, September 10, thousands of WFSE members at over 130 worksites walked out of their jobs to draw attention to the need for a fair contract.

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:

BULLETIN! PSERS bill passes Senate; heads to governor

After years of effort, workers in DSHS and Veterans institutions with unacceptable rates of assault and injury will now be able to retire at age 60 if the governor signs SHB 1558 into law. The state Senate Friday (March 2) on a vote of 34-14 passed the bill to allow those high-risk workers into the Public Safety Employees Retirement System (PSERS). Sen. Steve Conway of the 29th Dist. led the charge on the Senate floor, arguing that workers facing years of assaults and injury shouldn't have to work until they're 65.