Members from across the state donned Federation Green on Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday to flood the Capitol with their message of saving jobs, programs and the contracts.
Social worker and other members from Pierce County Local 53 visited their legislators to press for workload relief for Children's Services workers-a result of the recent DSHS workload committee. They also pressed to save the General Assistance-Unemployable program. And they pushed for funding of the contracts, pensions and a job stimulus package.
Some 30 Local 1326 members from Yakima Valley School in Selah also visited legislators and packed a hearing on the budget before the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
"You see many green shirts today," Local 1326 President Julianne Moore testified. "These people are mobilized to save Yakima Valley School."
After the hearing, Federation Executive Director Greg Devereux applauded the Yakima Valley School turnout-and the impression they made on legislators.
"They (legislators) know you vote, you care, you make a big difference," Devereux said before the Yakima Valley School members boarded their bus for home.
That's it for now. Call Wednesday for the next message.
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