SEIU Local 925

09/01/2026

Please don't insult our intelligence.

09/01/2026

We are proud to be in solidarity with our WFSE union siblings today during their walkout at UW. Both of our unions received a proposal from UW for ZERO WAGE INCREASES in our next contracts. We will NOT accept this level of disrespect for us and the work we do to keep UW running!

💫 AFSCME Council 28 WFSE

09/01/2026

Get itttt!

08/31/2026

"If I didn’t show up for work 911 calls would not be answered, or they would be answered by an officer, who is not trained to answer the phone, or a coworker who has already worked 10 hours who is forced to stay up to 16 hours. Because I often work alone I have to sit and wait for an officer to come sit in the room so I can go to the bathroom. I cannot take a bathroom break when they are out on calls, which happens all the time. When you call 911 at UW I am sometimes the only person there to answer the phone, and if 2, or 5, or 10 people call at once - it could be minutes before I get to your call - because I have to triage every call that comes in. I often work without breaks or help. My coworkers experience this same struggle. I love serving the public, and I care about every phone call, but I’m incapable of answering ten calls at once, because a human being cannot do that. Sometimes people hang up while I’m waiting to get to their call and it haunts me because I’m worried about emergency has slipped through the cracks. We answer 911, non emergency calls, emergency maintenance calls, calls from officers, fire alarms, burglary alarms, and more. If your hang while dialing 911, the call still comes through, and I have to call you back. All these lines can ring at once. While doing this, I have to enter stolen property, handle traffic stops and other officer initiated calls on the radio, confirm warrants, answer safe trip calls, and listen to hospital security in case they need a police response. I just wish that my department had adequate staffing and that I was actually guaranteed breaks." — Sara Loomer

University of Washington

08/31/2026

📣 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

08/29/2026

Washington can't afford I-645.

08/29/2026

Butter organize!

08/28/2026

"Numerous staff in my division are disatisfied with our current pay and we are at risk to lose a bunch of Medical Laboratory Scientists as a result. My division, Transfusion Medicine, is responsible for testing, processing, and delivering blood to bleeding patients (cancer, surgery, and bleeding emergencies during surgery or labor). We lost a third of our staff in winter of 2021-2022 due to low pay (most of them went to Seattle Children's Hospital). As a result of that staffing shortage the Laboratory Manager had to come in at 2am to help issue blood during a bleeding emergency. We couldn't train UW Medical Laboratory Science students rotating in our lab because we didn't have enough staff to perform the life saving testing that we do day in and day out. The students that rotated with us during the spring of 2022 spent most of their 4 week rotation in the back doing self study with little hands on testing time or mentoring. We are already short staffed due to the long process to replace staff that leave. The staff that remain are increasingly frustrated at the current situation. We are being set up for the same situation to happen again if we don't get raises big enough to keep up with inflation and keep the staff we do have." — Crystal Berger

University of Washington UW Medicine

08/28/2026

"9 to 5 was the second-highest-grossing film of 1980, after The Empire Strikes Back, another epic battle between good and evil."

In the 1970s, I co-founded 9 to 5, an organization that campaigned for equality at work. Dolly Parton’s outsize presence helped us win.

08/28/2026

Going to the Sounders? Picket with us first at Embassy Suites!