We're doing this for ourselves and our families, for each other, and for the folks who depend on our work. A fair contract can't wait.
Here's what to expect
Click the link here to see map of scheduled walkouts.
No walkout planned at your worksite? You can sign up to be a walkout leader. Leaders will receive a Walkout for Washington toolkit with stickers, a suggested agenda, signs, posters, and ways to elevate your walkout on social media.
Walkouts are to be coordinated around breaks or scheduled vacation.
Remote employees: You are encouraged to attend an in person event near your home if possible. RSVP to your nearest event and meet at the assembly area for the event. A coordinated virtual action is also planned for employees who cannot step away. Click here.
Let's show that the public is on our side! Print this sign and bring it to your favorite local businesses and ask them to display it in their windows. Take a picture with the owners holding the sign or when it's up in the shop window and send it to [email protected] or tag us @wfsec28 on socials. We'll give them free exposure as a union-friendly shop!
Our theme for this year's contract campaign is United for Washington. There's a lot of pain and frustration in communities across our state. Many of the problems facing working families feel too big to tackle. Those are the problems that we solve as public servants.
As our bargaining teams negotiate at the table, we need our members to communicate to the public and our employers the value of the work we do and how we help each and every Washingtonian.
That's how we win public support and put pressure on management to give us the pay and the tools we need to do our jobs.
After a weeklong vote in December and several run-off elections the first week of January, WFSE members selected the coworkers they want negotiating our 2025-2027 union contracts. Find your bargaining team here.
All WFSE members that negotiate our contracts undergo training to learn what wins at the bargaining table. Trainings are occuring between February and April. See pictures here.
Throughout April, bargaining teams have been reviewing and vetting contract proposals that have been submitted by members over the previous year. Watch the video above to learn what "vetting" your proposals means.
After our bargaining teams review all the contract proposals from the membership, they will put together a bargaining survey containing the most requested contract priorities. Members will then be able to rank those priorities from most important to least important.
The survey helps our bargaining teams focus on what matters most to our members and develop campaigns as necessary to put pressure on management.
With the information from the Bargaining Survey in hand, your bargaining team can begin crafting their initial proposal to the employer. The employer will develop their initial proposal, and negotiations will begin throughout April and May and continue through the summer until we have a tentative agreement that our members can vote on.
As Mike and Ashley explain in the video above, we cannot share precise details of what's occurring at the bargaining table until we've reached a tentative agreement that our members can vote on.
WFSE members negotiate our contracts alongside a negotiations expert from WFSE staff.
The members representing us at the bargaining table have serious responsibilities that affect the lives of thousands of WFSE members, including:
Bargaining teams have the power to alter, modify, change, or concede on all issues to obtain the best possible contracts and reach a tentative agreement, or declare that the team has reached an impasse. They are truly your representatives at the table.
