WashTech provided mutual aid through form of online information, a high-tech training center, computer courses and job referrals with Cisco and classes at Bellevue College.
WashTech engaged in political action ranging from legislative lobbying on overtime pay, combating offshoring to electioneering.
The structural challenges when collectively bargaining at joint-employer firms and risk of offshoring also contributed to low union membership.
Traditional trade unions including IFPTE Local 17 and Seattle Professional Engineering Employees Association supported the elimination, because it matched collective agreements they negotiated.
The lack of institutional support increased the necessity for contingent workers to have their own advocacy organization which represented their interests.
[1] In April 1999, a small group of 18 agency contractors at TaxSaver software declared itself a "negotiating unit" and became due paying members of WashTech/CWA.