CCC Update 8/10/18
Your Community College Coalition bargaining team continued to work hard this week by meeting for three consecutive days on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We are continuing to invest the time and energy into thoughtful proposals and language for a fair contract for our...
Lobby Training
The 2019 Lobby Training will be held on January 5 at the Seatac Doubletree. Onsite registration (check-in) will open at 9am and training will start promptly at 10am. Lunch will be provided.RSVP HERE
MOU Shoreline CC
MOU Shoreline Community College
SPSCC Area Reports
SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE10/2018We have one Demand to Bargain at this time regarding a new background check policy. We have also asked to discuss cameras on the campus. We had one grievance, which was subsequently withdrawn
CCC Bargaining
LOCATION: Davis Williams Building, 5th flr conference room
Tacoma CC Area Reports
10/2018 Thomas Wray
CCC Bargaining
LOCATION: Davis Williams Building, 5th flr conference room
VAC Centralia College
VOTING ASSISTANCE CENTER - Community College CoalitionCentralia CollegeCCC.wfse.org
House Bill Simplifies and Fixes PSLF, Overhauls Higher Education
A bill that has been introduced in the House of Representatives would simplify the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program for current and would-be participants.
VAC Lower Columbia College
VOTING ASSISTANCE CENTER - Community College CoalitionLower Columbia College (LCC)CCC.wfse.org
VAC Tacoma CC
VOTING ASSISTANCE CENTER - Community College CoalitionTacoma Community College (TCC)CCC.wfse.org
Endorsements 2018
AFSCME Council 28 Political Endorsements 2018Belwo is the list of endorsements made at the April 28 AFSCME Council 28 (WFSE) Endorsements Conference. FEDERAL RACESU.S. SenateMaria Cantwell, D*U.S. CongressCD 1: Suzan DelBene, D*CD 3: Carolyn Long, DCD 5: Lisa Brown, DCD...
Caught in Limbo: AFSCME Member Struggles with Student Loan Forgiveness
As a public librarian for the Philadelphia Free Library, Sheila O’Steen embodies what we think of when we imagine a public service worker. Every day, she interacts with members of her community. Whether her patrons are young or old, affluent or impoverished, O’Steen sha...
Bargaining Update 3/5/18
The CCC bargaining team met on March 1st and 2nd to begin the work of drafting our initial proposals. We reviewed the contract proposal forms submitted by our members in the community colleges and began the work of creating the language of our proposals. The CCC bargai...
CCC Bargaining Update 6/28/18
Your Community College Coalition Bargaining Team met this week on Wednesday, June 27 and Thursday June 28 to continue its work for a fair contract.On Wednesday, your bargaining team gave management 7 counter proposals to consider.On Thursday, management presented 4 coun...
Bellevue College Area Reports
Bellevue Community College10/2018(Still Pending) - Contracting out HVAC - VERY CLOSE TO SETTLEMENT: BCC has removed the contractor and we are working towards a monetary settlement for the members that were impacted by this matter. WFSE advised BCC that the following wor...
CCC Update 5/11/18
On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, your WFSE CCC bargaining team met with the management bargaining team for the first time for the 2019-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement.At this time your union presented it’s initial proposals for review. After a brief question and answer s...
CCC Bargaining Update 8/31/18
Your Community College Coalition Bargaining Team continued our work this week, by once again meeting with management for three consecutive days on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.To date, 62 tentative agreements have been reached on 52 articles and 10 appendices or MOUs...
CCC Bargaining Update 8/31/18
Your Community College Coalition Bargaining Team continued our work this week, by once again meeting with management for three consecutive days on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.To date, 62 tentative agreements have been reached on 52 articles and 10 appendices or MOUs...
Lower Columbia College
10/2018We have no Demands to Bargain at this time. We are reviewing some policy changes to determine if a Demand to Bargain is warranted. We met on October 16th to review several policies. Those policies and suggested changes will be reviewed again on November 20th.8...
2020 Minimum Wage Hikes to Benefit 7 Million Working People
The new year brings good news for millions of working Americans. Nearly 7 million of them are in line to get pay raises this year thanks to state and local minimum-wage hikes.
Injured on the Job, Corrections Officer Links Safety with Collective Bargaining Rights
The day after he was released from a hospital, a bruised and swollen Kelvin Chung told a state Senate committee that state employees like him need collective bargaining rights to advocate for safety on the job.
“I want you to see my face. We need a voice on the job, so...
Cool Under Pressure
The work Joe Martinez does for the Los Angeles County Fire Department is emblematic of countless AFSCME members: he’s never in the spotlight and he’s always under pressure while lives are on the line.
Across the Nation, Workers Are Striking Like It’s 1986
Last year, nearly half a million workers went on strike across the nation, the largest number since 1986, when the country’s union membership rate was considerably higher (17.5%) than it was in 2018 (10.5%).