Months into bargaining with the University of Washington, WFSE members feel disrespected by UW’s resistance towards better pay and benefits for the staff that keep the university clean, safe, and f
GOVERNOR UNVEILS SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET; MORE FOR QUALITY CARE, KIDS, PUBLIC SAFETY, PARKS
Inslee proposes supplemental budget that finally enacts capital-construction budget, upgrades to institutions, natural resources, public safety, parks higher education
Gov. Jay Inslee today (Dec. 14) proposed a 2018 Supplemental Budget including the full 2017-2019 Capital-Construction Budget.
That $4.5 billion plan still has not passed because the former Senate majority refused to vote on it.
Local 1066 at Washington State University in Pullman has a new slate of officers elected last night (Dec. 6) as the local joins the common-sense effort to not balance WSU’s budget on the backs of students, workers and vital programs.
Local 1066’s new officers: President Michelle Edenso; Vice President Victor Edenso; Secretary Eric Needham; Treasurer Deb Haupt; Executive Board - Derek Jones, Nate Smith; and Trustees John Baldwin, Brad Wilson.
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.
