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
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
WFSE/AFSCME Headquarters
1212 Jefferson Street SE, #300
Olympia, WA 98501
Phone: 360-352-7603
AFSCEM/WFSE Local 304
AFT-SPS contacts - Seattle Colleges:
| Name | Title | Campus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Eng Donna Pham | AFT-SPS Co-Presidents | North South | Jeffrey.Eng@seattlecolleges.edu Donna.Pham@Seattlecolleges.edu |
| Vacant | AFT-SPS VP of District | District | |
| Vacant | AFT-SPS VP of Central | Central | |
| James Oliveros | AFT-SPS VP of South | South | James.Oliveros@Seattlecolleges.edu |
| Jeffrey Eng | AFT-SPS VP of North | North | Jeffrey.Eng@seattlecolleges.edu |
| Vacant | AFT-SPS Interim Secretary | District | |
| Vacant | AFT-SPS Treasurer | Central |