WFSE members have voted to ACCEPT the tentative agreement for your 2027-29 union contract.

Thank you to the bargaining team for their hard work at the negotiating table and every member who supported them by making calls, sending emails, and getting loud in our communities.

The 40k state employees covered by this agreement will have:

• More time off from work
• A two-year ban on any layoffs caused by generative AI
• The ability to negotiate for raises next summer

While there is no additional compensation in the first year, we defeated the second attempt in a year and a half to increase your healthcare costs, winning nearly $350 million in new funding to maintain the current arrangement, where the employer pays 85 percent of costs and we pay 15 percent.

Find many more wins in the agreement here.

The work isn’t done. We’re right back in the fight.

We have less than a year to get as many members signed up and organized as possible before we fight for better pay again.

We have less than two months to convince as many of our coworkers as possible to vote NO on I-645, the billionaire-backed initiative that would repeal the Millionaires’ Tax and undercut our chances of winning better compensation next summer.

Our new protections from generative AI would give serious momentum to our years-long effort to pass the AI bargaining bill when the legislative session begins in January, less than four months away.

That legislation would apply to nearly all public workers, not just those covered by your contract. It would give us broader protections against AI and a real seat at the table in how it's adopted by state government.

The importance of public workers having a voice in this transformational technology can’t be understated, especially as federal funds dry up and our employers are pushed to cut costs.

What's next?

Get involved in our union's Legislative and Political Action program to win funding for your union contract, protect jobs and services, defeat the repeal of the Millionaires' Tax in November, pass the AI bargaining bill, and more! Learn more here.

For a bigger picture of how our contracts receive funding, check out our Road to a Fair Contract.