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.
Twenty-four WFSE/AFSCME members and staff completed a two-day Stewards in Action "Train the Trainer" course yesterday and today (Dec. 6-7) at the Olympia Field Office. Members became "Member Educators" and will be teaching other new stewards along side staff. What's on the signs they're holding? personal tips to new stewards.
AFSCME Council 28 (WFSE) members now have a new service, the MCC which just opened; Medal of Valor awards; Seattle Mayor speaks out for low paid workers; Oregon AFSCME strikes Lane County.
Port Angeles Local 1463 continued its holiday commitment to feed the hungry with a $1,000 donation to the Forks Food Bank and another to the Port Angeles Food Bank. This is why unions are so important for our communities.
SIMS APPOINTED WSLC POLITICAL AND STRATEGIC CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR
SEATTLE (Nov. 16, 2017) — Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, announced today that April Sims, whom you remember for her many years on our staff and as a Local 53 activist, has been appointed to serve as WSLC Political and Strategic Campaign Director. She will replace Teresa Mosqueda, who is leaving the council after nearly seven years following her election to the Seattle City Council.
