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DAILY NEWS

COVID’s killing caregivers | ILWU ready for 24/7 | Strikes are healthy

Oct 26 2021

Opting to get fired | Who earned your vote? | Shuler on Striketober

Oct 25 2021

It’s your choice | GOP blocks the vote (again) | Union-busting Starbucks

Oct 21 2021

Pizza instead of pay | Nearly 2K lose jobs | For sale in Ferndale

Oct 20 2021

Most got their shots | Jobless benefits uncertain | Powering picket lines

Oct 19 2021

State offers assistance paying for child care »

Find out if you qualify, apply, and identify a unionized provider near you   The following is from SEIU 925: (Oct. 26, 2021) — Are you struggling to find — or afford — child care? You may be eligible for help with the cost. Working…

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Lost job due to vaccine mandate? Reemployment events planned »

OLYMPIA (Oct. 19, 2021) — If you have chosen to leave your job rather than comply with your employers’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the Washington State Employment Security Department is teaming up with organized labor, workforce development experts and other state agencies to offer a series…

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LOCAL

Climate Pledge Arena workers join Teamsters Local 117 »

The following is from Teamsters Local 117: SEATTLE (Oct. 26, 2021) — A group of more than 200 workers in guest services employed at the…

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Commemorate ‘The Girls’ on Nov. 1 in Chehalis »

Join WSLC’s Brown and Sims for 110th anniversary of Imperial Powder Co. tragedy that led to improved work safety enforcement in Washington   CHEHALIS (Oct.…

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A new standard for Seattle stadium workers »

UNITE HERE Local 8, Levy Restaurants announce $22 minimum wage at Lumen Field   SEATTLE (Oct. 21, 2021) — UNITE HERE Local 8 and Levy…

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NATIONAL

UNITE HERE, supporters rally Thursday to Come Back Stronger

Rally Oct. 28 at noon at Seattle’s King Street Stadium to support hotel and hospitality workers   Workers’ renewed militancy has made headlines during so-called “Striketober,” and hospitality…

Oct 26 2021 / Read More »
‘Hollywood ending’: IATSE reaches deal to avert strike
IATSE members authorize strike in near-unanimous vote
One day longer: Support Warrior Met strikers
Join Saturday, Oct. 2 marches, rallies for reproductive rights
Sign petition urging fair deal for IATSE film, TV crews
Apprenticeship: A degree without the debt
W.S.L.C.

WSLC updates position on vaccine mandates

Labor council adds that workers must have a voice in the consequences of vaccine mandates   (Oct. 18, 2021) — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO has been…

Oct 18 2021 / Read More »
WSLC vaccine info website for union members
Union members urged to share concerns on vaccine mandates
WSLC hosting naturalization clinic Aug. 28
WSLC organiza una clínica de ciudadanía el 28 de agosto
Here’s your shot to get answers about vaccine
WSLC outlines position on vaccine mandates
OPINION

Redistricting shapes our political landscape

Redistricting Commissioner April Sims explains why drawing the maps is so important to working people   By CHERIKA CARTER (Oct. 8, 2021) — It is time to #DrawTheMaps.…

Oct 8 2021 / Read More »
Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2021: Reflecting on Indigenous leadership in labor
Celebrate Manufacturing Day and the good jobs it creates
Get #VoteReady to build worker power
I had COVID-19: Why I still got vaccinated
Don’t mess with COVID-19, get vaccinated
WSLC’s Brown on 2021 session: ‘This feels like a sea change’
STATE GOVERNMENT

State offers assistance paying for child care

Find out if you qualify, apply, and identify a unionized provider near you   The following is from SEIU 925: (Oct. 26, 2021) — Are you struggling to…

Oct 26 2021 / Read More »
Lost job due to vaccine mandate? Reemployment events planned
A bipartisan call for Biden to end challenge of Hanford law
WFSE members ratify new raises for 2022
Keiser: Sick Hanford workers deserve better
WFSE members ratify agreement on vaccine mandate
State vaccine mandate deadlines are fast approaching

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