Following is a statement by Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, regarding the 2012 election results: (Nov. 7) — Voters on election night repudiated the Republican vision of feeding the rich to grow the economy and austerity for the rest of us by re-electing Barack Obama to a second term as [...]
Following are selected 2012 election results from Washington state as of 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7. Also, you can check Vote.WA.gov for the latest results. Washington State Labor Council-endorsed candidates are listed on the left — * denotes incumbents. GOVERNOR Jay Inslee (D) 51.32% 975,340 Rob McKenna (R) 48.68% 925,131 U.S. SENATE Maria Cantwell [...]
This is it. Here is your final To-Do List for the 2012 elections: 1) VOTE! Visit the state’s MyVote page to find your nearest ballot drop box, where it must be delivered by 8 p.m. on Tuesday. You can also mail it in, but it must be postmarked by Tuesday to be counted. 2) Can’t [...]
(Oct. 31) — Who says get-out-the-vote phone banking isn’t fun? Washington Young Emerging Labor Leaders (WA YELL) members and other volunteers proved that at their costume phone-banking session last week. Enjoy the photos below. VOLUNTEER! With Election Day less than a week away, volunteers are still needed for phone banks across the state. See the [...]
EVERETT (Oct. 30) — U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (D-2nd) joined officials from the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1576 and Community Transit, transit workers, passengers, and other advocates at a rally on Oct. 26 to mobilize riders to vote and draw attention to the vital role public transportation plays in Snohomish County’s economy as part of [...]
The following was distributed by AFT Washington: (Oct. 29) — The American Federation of Teachers in Washington State (AFT Washington) filed a complaint last week against the Stand for Children Washington’s Political Action Committee with the state Public Disclosure Commission. The PAC improperly used AFT Washington’s logo as an endorsement on their candidate mailing for [...]
(Oct. 23) — More than 600 union members across Washington state took to the streets on Oct. 20 to visit fellow members and talk with them about union-endorsed candidates in the Labor Neighbor program’s final Super Walk of the 2012 election season. After that tremendous volunteer turnout, the focus now shifts to the phone banks [...]
The Washington State Budget and Policy Center has posted the following summary of ballot measures with a fiscal impact on the state. It is crossposted here with the authors’ permission. By ANDY NICHOLAS and MICHAEL MITCHELL Voters will make some important choices about Washington state’s economic future in the coming weeks as they consider a [...]
By DAVID GROVES The Stand OLYMPIA (Oct. 18) — A few weeks ago, the state announced that Washington’s minimum wage will increase by 15 cents on Jan. 1, 2013, to $9.19 per hour. If Republican Rob McKenna is elected governor, this could be the last cost-of-living increase the state’s lowest-paid workers get for a while. [...]
(Oct. 15) — Wow. Hundreds of union volunteers packed Saturday’s Labor Neighbor Super Walks in Tacoma, Richland and Olympia on Oct. 13 to knock on thousands of doors and talk to fellow union members about the importance of this fall’s elections. With ballots being mailed this week to voters across Washington state, now is the [...]
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