Union Information
The Seattle Colleges work closely with our labor partners to facilitate communication and work in a collaborative manner to ensure outcomes that support collective accountability in our effort to serve our students.
Union Representation & Collective Bargaining Agreements
There are currently three unions representing employees at Seattle College District:
- Faculty members (teachers, counselors, and librarians) are represented by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), local 1789
- Faculty Collective Bargaining Agreement (AFT Seattle) (PDF Version)
- Classified staff members are represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees Higher Education (WFSE HE)
- Certain exempt employees are represented by the AFT Seattle Professional Staff (SPS), local 6550.
Union Contacts
| WFSE/AFSCME Headquarters 1212 Jefferson Street SE, #300 Olympia, WA 98501 Phone: 360-352-7603 AFSCEM/WFSE Local 304 | AFT Seattle Colleges, Local 1789 1500 Harvard Avenue Seattle, WA 98122-3803 Contact: Helena Ribeiro Phone: (206) 934-5478 AFT Seattle Executive Board | AFT-SPS (Seattle Professional Staff) Local 6550 Georgetown Campus 6737 Corson Ave. South Seattle, WA 98108-3450 Email: seattleprostaff6550@gmail.com |
AFT-SPS contacts - Seattle Colleges:
| Rachael Guenthner Willow Schooler | AFT-SPS Co-Presidents | South South | Rachael.Guenthner@Seattlecolleges.edu Willow.Schooler@seattlecolleges.edu |
| Vacant | AFT-SPS VP of District | District | |
| Vacant | AFT-SPS VP of Central | Central | |
| Vacant | AFT-SPS VP of South | South | |
| Larry Speer | AFT-SPS VP of North | North | Larry.Speer@seattlecolleges.edu |
| Megan Court | AFT-SPS Interim Secretary | District | Megan.Court@seattlecolleges.edu |
| Terri Plischke | AFT-SPS Treasurer | Central | Terri.Plischke@seattlecolle.edu |