Statewide Executive Board Committee Appointments

Statewide Executive Board Committee appointments have been made. Board members will soon receive appointment letters. In addition, I have invited rank and file members to participate on committees. Those appointments will be added as requests and appointments are made. Never has our work been more important. If you receive an appointment and cannot serve, please contact me as soon as possible so that I can adjust appropriately. We must use our time effectively because this year we must deal with a tough legislative session and an intense bargaining session. These promise to drain our energy and our resources. Thank you to each of you who have made the commitment to our membership. Due to your leadership and your efforts we will successfully involve and represent the membership. We will move our union and the labor movement as a whole forward. We will fight and we will win!

Higher Ed Member Opportunity

The Statewide Executive Board relies on its committees to research issues and develop plans. There is currently one vacancy on each of the following committees:

Members Only


If you are interested, please contact me at carold@wfse.org

Labor and Industries Committee Opportunity

The Executive Board relies on the work of its committees to make decisions and to develop plans. There is currently one vacancy on each of the following committees:

Retirement
Steward
Collective Bargaining
Legislative and Political Action
External Organizing
Internal Organizing
Education and Training


If you are interested, please contact me at carold@swfse.org

Opportunities for Natural Resources Members

The Executive Board relies on the work of its committees to advise and inform them on important issues and to develop plans. There is one vacancy currently on the following committees:

Internal Organizing
External Organizing
Steward
Communication
Collective Bargaining
Members Only

If you are interested, please contact me at carold@wfse.org

Looking For DOT Members To Drive The Union Forward

The Statewide Executive Board relies on the work of its committees to make decisions and develop plans. There is currently one vacancy on each of the following committees:

Steward committee
Next Wave
Education and Training
Legislative and Political Action
Internal Organizing

If you are interested in participating, please contact me at carold@wfse.org

Calling All DOC Members

The Statewide Executive Board relies on the work done by committees to make decisions about important issues and to develop future plans. Each committee has a stated purpose and goals. There is one vacancy on each of the following committees:

Communications
Next Wave
Education and Training
Internal Organizing
External Organizing

If you are interested in participating at the statewide level, please contact me at carold@wfse.org

The New Year Brings New Challenges- Get Involved!

As we say farewell to 2009 and face the challenges of 2010 it is important that each of us be involved in our union. The budget deficit the state faces has made us especially vulnerable. The legislators that represent you will be asked to consider further lay offs, contracting out due to inadequate staffing, and further cuts to our healthcare package. As a result, we will have to be an even stronger union. No member can afford to sit idly by. We need all hands on deck to take on the battles ahead. IF we all participate we CAN turn this around.

In the last legislative session we were able to stop a number of potential program and facility closures. We will have to work even harder this session. The good news is that the session is short. From January 11th until it ends in March, we need every member to take the time to write letters, e-mails, make calls and visit legislators. The WFSE Newsletter contains a section that identifies the legislators. Please keep it handy. Call April Sims at 1-800-562-6002 to schedule visits to your legislators. Notify your Council Representative about what you are willing to do to help the cause.

To demonstrate what we are facing and how important it is to get involved, a number of correctional and DD facilities are scheduled for closure, Children's Administration is fighting contracting out, the Department of Ecology is pushing legislation to contract out work due to inadequate staffing, and our healthcare package and step increases are threatened. Activists across the state have been mobilizing and working to turn this around. They cannot do it without you. Please put yourself forward today and join the movement that makes a difference every day.