Breaking news: UW biologists determine Governor Bob Ferguson not in fact a member of phylum chordata.
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🧐 We WON progressive revenue during the legislative session...
👎 But the Seattle Colleges are trying to FURLOUGH workers anyway.
🫱🏼🫲🏾 Stand with us to say NO to needless furloughs at Seattle Colleges! Click here to send a letter to SC Leadership: actionnetwork.org/letters/send...
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No furloughs. No health care fuckery. COLA: ✅️
There's always more work to do. This was not a perfect process. But today, I'm happy. #TaxTheRich #WashingtonForAll
It took A LOT of hard work from WFSE members to get us to this point.
We have a way to go to win a #WashingtonForAll and a truly balanced tax code, but we left nothing on the table this session.
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Trust, identity & collaboration in Washington State!
Our work shows that building trust and strong relationships are essential for lasting change. Helping governments become more inclusive & effective. 🌱
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#WashingtonForAll
We won for working families this Legislative Session, fighting off furloughs, healthcare takeaways, and closures that would have displaced the most vulnerable Washingtonians.
washingtonobserver.substack.com/p/the-winner...
But there's still work to be done to win a #WashingtonForAll.
Photo of Washington State Senate Chamber with the board showing 26 yes votes and 21 no votes for Senate Bill 5797, which would enact a tax on the intangible financial assets held by the ultra-rich who have over 50 million dollars in stocks and bonds.
Wealth tax passed the Senate. Those were the floor speeches we should have been hearing for the last four months: Democrats saying #TaxTheRich to fund investments for the next generation, like public schools, and asking why the Republicans didn't support it too. #WAleg #WashingtonForAll #1u
The vote is today! We continue watching with bated breath, but to even get to this point is a tremendous victory thanks to thousands of members and friends who called, wrote, lobbied, rallied, and organized for the last four months. WE are the Union and when we fight, we win! #WashingtonForAll
"Today, I clocked in at 6:30 to personally drive a child to school so that her education wouldn't be disrupted by having recently moved. Still made it to the courthouse by 8:30 for an important hearing."
Can an empty chair do that?
#EmptyChairsWA #WashingtonForAll #WaLeg
We were trying to think of what it would take for @wadems.org to repair their relationships with working people, especially with state employees. We thought of a few starting points...
#WashingtonForAll #WaLeg
“Today, I helped Wayne [name edited] tie his own shoes for the first time ever!”
Can an empty campus do that?
Will adults with developmental disabilities learn to tie their shoes on the streets? Or warehoused in ERs?
Tell your reps to vote no on SB 5393!
#emptychairswa #WashingtonForAll
The @wadems.org are running a familiar playbook of trying to pinch pennies by shutting down critical programs to balance the budget and preserve an absolutely insufficient and regressive tax system. More awful consequences are sure to follow.
#WaLeg #WashingtonForAll
"There is a house that has incredible decorations on one side of Marvel superheroes for the residents."
Can that happen in an empty campus?
#EmptyChairsWA #WashingtonForAll #WaLeg
Call your legislators NOW at 888-258-4588 and tell them to REJECT SB 5393! #WashingtonForAll #SafeStaffingSavesLives #WaLeg
DCYF: "Today, I visited a child in foster care to assess their well-being, made progress bringing another child closer to exiting the system, and processed critical legal paperwork to keep a third child's case moving forward."
Can an empty chair do that?
#EmptyChairsWA #WashingtonForAll #WaLeg
"Today clients were voting on the theme for summer fest which normally takes place in August and they were really excited about it."
Can an empty campus do that?
Call your reps and tell em.
#EmptyChairsWA #SafeStaffingSavesLives #WashingtonForAll #WaLeg
💚 WFSE members at Harborview Medical Center BROKE legislators’ phones yesterday.
💪 They demanded NO cuts or furloughs to the only Level 1 trauma center in Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho—and a key resource for Seattle’s most vulnerable patients.
#washingtonforall
👎 Yakima Valley School could be added to this bill through an amendment. We need voices from all over the state to save disabled Washingtonians!
Call 888-258-4588 now and tell your legislators to vote for a #WashingtonForAll!
🎬 LABOR VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Washington for All Anthem – Floorchild
Washington State workers battle budget cuts… creatively. 🎤🎨✊
📺 Watch now: bit.ly/4jAWusk
#LaborArts #WorkerVoices #WashingtonForAll #LaborVideo
We need to balance our tax code, #WaLeg! New revenue CANNOT wait.
WFSE members: Text STAND to 237-263 to call and email your legislators demanding a #WashingtonForAll, not just the rich.
An image of the Entmoot from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Text overlay reads: "Legislators up to 1am debating which Washingtonians will have to die from cuts to essential state services, just to preserve WA's upside down tax system." Below, an image of the hobbit Merry with an angry face. Text overlay on his chest reads: "You, calling 888-258-4588 every day to tell them to fix the tax system instead," and next to him in a different font to show dialog, "'But you represent the state's people! Don't you?!'"
Four days left of session, and with the budget still undecided, every call counts. Call 888-258-4588 to connect with your legislators and tell them #SafeStaffingSavesLives. Your pressure moves the needle! Call today or text STAND to 237-263 to get more talking points.
#WaLeg #WashingtonForAll
We are on day 2. We are calling on #BobFerguson & our elected officials to end the idea of #furloughs, to end any notion of closing #facilities, stop the #layoffs & protect our health & retirement #benefits #washingtonforall
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Ask your fellow WA state employees to particpate!
Get your limited edition @governorferguson.bsky.social action figure today! Figure includes:
-Preference to balance budget on those who can't afford it
-Chess set to practice forcing stalemates.
-Ear plugs to block out state employees
-Ratfink mask, to dress as a ratfink.
#WashingtonForAll #WaLeg
A series of three still shots of the character Aragorn from Lord of the Rings holding a Palantir, a spherical kind of crystal ball, and first bracing himself then staring through it directly into the eye of Sauron wreathed in flame. Text overlay reads: "If Aragorn can pick up one of the lost seeing stones, and issue a battle challenge to the dark lord Sauron, you can call your legislators at 1-800-562-6000 and tell them no closures, cuts, or furloughs."
It is the final week of the session, and it is time to RAMP UP our calls to legislators telling them not to balance the budget on the state services Washington depends on. Call 1-800-562-6000 to connect. What to say? Text STAND to 237263 or see the links in our bio to get prepped.
#WashingtonForAll
Utterly disappointed in my senator Emily Alvarado and her colleagues for putting the burden of our budget shortfall on these adults with supported living needs rather than on the millionaires and billionaires that treat WA like what it is--a tax haven. Boo! #WaLeg #WashingtonForAll
An photo of an empty office chair at a desk surrounded by moving boxes and a suitcase. Text overlay reads: DCYF: "Today, I had an escalated youth attempt to jump out of a second story window to harm themselves. I blocked the window and helped them deescalate. An empty chair can't do that."
DCYF: "Today, I had an escalated youth attempt to jump out of a second story window to harm themselves. I blocked the window and helped them deescalate."
Can an empty chair do that?
Furloughs, layoffs, hiring freezes, and turnover will cost WA too much. #EmptyChairsWA #WashingtonForAll
It is not too late to save the schools. We need HIGH PRESSURE on @wadems.org representatives in the House to vote NAY on these closures. Call and write your reps every day and tell them to reject this awful bill!
Protect WA's most vulnerable. We want a #WashingtonForAll
Photo of a truck with door hanging open. Caution lights are rigged above the cab and the word "INCIDENT" written in mirror text above the grill. Text overlay reads: "Today I assisted 4 drivers with disabled vehicles on high-traffic dangerous parts of I-5. I blocked traffic after 3 separate freeway accidents to protect state patrol, fire, and medics in action, and towed 5 vehicles out of lanes after those accidents to get traffic moving again. Can an empty seat do that?"
DOT: "Today I assisted 4 drivers with disabled vehicles on dangerous parts of I-5. I blocked traffic after 3 separate freeway accidents to protect WSP, fire, and EMTs, and towed 5 vehicles out of lanes after to get traffic moving again."
Can an empty seat do that?
#EmptyChairsWA #WashingtonForAll
Perspective from the inside of a boat's pilot cabin looking out a window at a dock and construction equipment. Beyond is a shoreline leading up to a forested hillside under a blue sky. Text overlay reads: "Today I installed docks in the San Juan Islands. Can an empty boat do that?"
State Parks: "Today I installed docks in the San Juan Islands."
Can an empty, uh, boat do that?
Share what other state services will go undone when @wadems.org choose furloughs, layoffs, hiring freezes, and turnover to protect billionaires from paying taxes, using #EmptyChairsWA #WashingtonForAll
