WSLC welcomes new Vice Presidents

As 2025 approaches, the WSLC Executive Board welcomes new Vice Presidents from some of Washington’s biggest unions

SEATTLE, WA (December 10, 2024) — The WSLC Executive Board welcomed new board members in 2024, growing a powerful team of labor leaders who work in tandem with the WSLC’s Executive Officers to advance the Council’s constitutional mission to fulfill the hopes and aspirations of all working people.

New Vice Presidents appointed in the latter half of this year include Paul Dascher (Teamsters), Sterling Harders (SEIU), Michael Hines (UFCW), Zenia Javalera (SEIU), and Nathe Lawver (LiUNA).

Dascher (Teamsters) and Javalera (SEIU) are sworn-in as WSLC Vice Presidents in July.

Harders (At-large) and Hines (Sixth Region) were sworn-in in May; Dascher (First Region) and Javalera (At-Large) were sworn-in in July; and Lawver (Sixth Region) was sworn-in in December.

WSLC President April Sims shakes Lawver’s hand as he is sworn-in in December.

WSLC’s new vice presidents represent diverse industries and unions, bringing a wealth of experience to a critical moment for working people.

Many in Washington State are gearing up for a new administration in D.C., with a new president often hostile to the state in his previous term. While labor is ready to defend the progress the movement has won here in Washington, the WSLC Executive Board is ready to proactively fight for working people, too.

And with a bold agenda for 2025 to grow our movement, improve the daily conditions for working Washingtonians, and build longterm power for all working people, the Board is ready to meet the moment.

“2025 will bring new opportunities, challenges, and successes for labor in Washington State,” said April Sims, President of the WSLC, AFL-CIO. “Our new Vice Presidents join a diverse and dedicated Executive Board that reflects the strength of our movement. The WSLC is ready to build power for workers, grow our worker-centered economy, and steward an inclusive labor movement for all working people in the new year and beyond.”

Harders (SEIU) and Hines (UFCW) are applauded by the WSLC board as they are sworn-in in May.

The WSLC Executive Board is comprised of vice presidents and the WSLC executive officers, who together establish the organization’s policies and priorities between annual conventions. By WSLC Constitution, vice presidents are elected by region, selected by constituency groups, or appointed by the WSLC Executive Board to serve a term of up to four years.

The current board is made up of 39 Vice Presidents, representing workers across the state both by region and profession. A full list of Executive Board members is available on the WSLC website.