AFT Seattle Community Colleges, Local 1789

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Political Action

General Election 2009 Endorsements

Your AFT-Seattle Executive board recently voted to:

--endorse Dow Constantine for King County Executive,

--Vote NO on Tim Eyman's Initiative 1033, and to

--Vote YES on Ref. 71, which would keep the domestic partnership law.

See the M.L. King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO 2009 General Election Endorsements in the attached PDF document below the fold.

AFT Seattle Community Colleges, Local 1789 Political Action

Our salaries and benefits, as well as many of the policies for our colleges, are set at the state level.

In a way, we have to bargain there as well!

Mothers Leading the way: May 30th March!

More than 100 organizations have come together to organize a major march and rally in Seattle to support the goal of winning quality, affordable health care for everyone in 2009.

March with us on May 30th, starting at 12:30pm at Pratt Park

Address: 1800 S Main St. Seattle, WA

2009 Legislative Session Activities

Sign up to help; view our legislative priorities, learn hwo to write OP-eds or use samples to write to your legislators! Don't know who your legislator is? Find out here!

GetActive Member Sign-up Sheet

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It's a Big Secret

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Visit the AFT Legislative Action Center

Make your views known to those in Congress and state legislatures who represent you on the issues that affect working families every day. Click here to visit the AFT's Legislative Action Center.

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