URGENT – College Closure in House Budget
WPEA Logo Stop the Closure of Our Community Colleges While both the House and Senate budgets include our contract funding, the House budget contains an unfortunate provision that starts the process of closing one of our state’s community or technical colleges. In the House budget
We did it! Budgets include WPEA contracts!
WPEA Logo Contracts are in the Budget! Both the state House and Senate released their draft 2026 supplemental budgets on Sunday, and both budgets include the three WPEA contracts that went unfunded last year. These contracts bring WPEA members up to par with other state employees
Getting Organized
Over the last few weeks we’ve moved step by step. We started with small actions that reduced isolation. We made issues visible inside the workplace. We shared them publicly in a coordinated way. Each of those stages had the potential to resolve the problem, and sometimes they do,
Strong Protest Turnout
Written 02/17/2026 I was very impressed with the turnout at tonight’s board meeting. We could’ve used an overflow room to accommodate the crowd. Congratulations on stuffing that room with bodies! It was hard to hear at times, but that seemed intentional. I think it was unacceptab
A Message from Valencio – WPEA Chief Shop Steward
I recently met with President May to discuss several important issues impacting classified staff and the broader college community. I appreciated the opportunity to share our perspectives and advocate for stability, transparency, and inclusion during this challenging time. Below
Wildfire Funding Lobby Day
On January 29th, WPEA members from the Department of Natural Resources came down to Olympia for wildland fire funding lobby day. Our members advocated to restore wildland fire and community resilience funding, in coalition with a broad spectrum of organizations – from environment
FVRL Stewards Board Response
Group Email (use for all leadership outreach) : fvrlleadershipteam@wpea.org Reaches all FVRL Shop Stewards and Staff Rep, Judy Lumm Important: Please use personal email only when reaching out to the leadership team. Do not use employer email accounts! Contact Staff Rep Judy Lumm:
Extremely Biased Reporting
Good morning! It’s time for your next episode of Extremely Biased Reporting™. This time, we have a listening session. Present were: Pham, Penn, Wyre, Slota, Lawson, and Ezeonu that I saw, and about 46 participants, but more might have come in later when I wasn’t keeping track. Th
Legislative Session, Week 5
House Voting This week, the legislature is in the middle of floor votes, which means there are no public hearings, until the middle of next week. Most bills must be voted off the floor of their House of Origin by 5pm on Tuesday, February 17, in order to continue through the legis
Legislative Session, Week 4
CUTOFF SEASON February 4 is “Policy Cutoff” in the legislature, the first in a series of deadlines that limit which bills can move forward. Bills must be voted off of the floor of their House of Origin by 5pm on February 17 in order to continue through the process this session. S