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As contagious as chickenpox | Biden’s big deal | RIP, Dusty

Jul 30 2021

Hospitals fill up | Inslee: Mask up | NLRB staffs up

Jul 29 2021

Delta dawns | Boeing belays | Infrastructure stuck | “Trump sent us”

Jul 28 2021

Protect workers: Mask up! | Missing public-option plans | Frito-Lay strike ends

Jul 27 2021

Rally with Richland line workers | PRO Act progress | Scabby spared

Jul 22 2021

UFCW calls for a national mask mandate »

With explosion of highly transmissible COVID Delta Variant, UFCW says frontline workers must be protected   WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 30, 2021) — The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the union for 1.3 million food and retail workers, welcomed this week’s recommendation from the Centers…

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Unions lead PRO Act events in backyards of all 100 senators »

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LOCAL

Machinists District 751 shows why ‘It Pays to Be Union’ »

‘I’m very grateful to have this union, which has our backs,’ says member unjustly fired by Boeing. He won his job back and $157,000 in…

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Teamsters ‘Just Practicing’ pickets at Darigold in Issaquah »

UPDATE from Teamsters 117 (July 27, 2021) — Approximately 170 lab and production workers who work out of Darigold processing plants in Seattle and Issaquah…

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W.S.L.C.

Convention delegates set WSLC priorities with 2021 Resolutions

(July 27, 2021) — Every year, hundreds of delegates representing the unions that comprise the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO meet to discuss, debate and approve resolutions that…

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‘Our Time Now’ to build structural change
‘Our calling now’ is to pass the PRO Act
WSLC 2021 Convention begins tonight
This week’s WSLC convention workshops open to members
Join WSLC at PRO Act Appreciation Rallies
Trumka to keynote WSLC’s 2021 Convention
STATE GOVERNMENT

Invest in Washington state’s public service workers

Urge Gov. Inslee to reward their dedicated service, sacrifice amid pandemic with 2022 raise   OLYMPIA (July 28, 2021) — Washington’s public employees continue persevering to get our…

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L&I: Dairy workers eligible for overtime starting July 25
New L&I rule aims to protect workers amid extreme heat
2021 legislative session: Much accomplished, much to do
Washington lifts most COVID-19 restrictions
King Conservation District staff ratifies first union contract
L&I offers trainings to protect workers from sexual harassment
OPINION

WSLC’s Brown on 2021 session: ‘This feels like a sea change’

The following is the President’s Column from 2021 Legislative Report of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO.   By LARRY BROWN (July 7, 2021) — In 1978, Californians…

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We’ve been warned: We must act now on climate
‘Free trade’ died this week – with a whimper
Confronting racism is organized labor’s work
Now is the time to go big on infrastructure
Huge win: Biden backs vaccine patent waiver
Legislature makes progress on protecting ‘essential workers’
NATIONAL

UFCW calls for a national mask mandate

With explosion of highly transmissible COVID Delta Variant, UFCW says frontline workers must be protected   WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 30, 2021) — The United Food and Commercial Workers…

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Unions lead PRO Act events in backyards of all 100 senators
Day of action: Urge senators to approve VOCA Fix Act
IAM celebrates United’s historic investment
Ask Congress to support heat stress standard
Court’s latest anti-union ruling shows why we need PRO Act
Union members can do this: Get vaccinated!

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