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DAILY NEWS
Reject labor secretary nominee Eugene Scalia »
Union-busting lawyer brings decades of anti-worker experience as he seeks to become labor secretary The following is from the AFL-CIO: WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 18, 2019) — For your consideration, the AFL-CIO humbly presents Eugene Scalia. Go to EugeneScalia.com and learn all you need to…
Sep 18 2019 / Comments Off on Reject labor secretary nominee Eugene Scalia / Read More »Without fixes, AFL-CIO must oppose the new NAFTA (USMCA) »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 17, 2019) — The following is a new statement approved Sept. 12 by the AFL-CIO Executive Council: AFL-CIO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL STATEMENT ON TRADE When the new NAFTA was signed, the AFL-CIO warned that we would oppose the agreement without major changes.…
Sep 17 2019 / Comments Off on Without fixes, AFL-CIO must oppose the new NAFTA (USMCA) / Read More »
LOCAL
Join Puget Sound-area grocery workers at banner actions today »
For months, bargaining teams representing some 30,000 grocery workers in 12 counties around the Puget Sound area have been working to get a fair contract…
Sep 16 2019 / Comments Off on Join Puget Sound-area grocery workers at banner actions today / Read More »Edgewater Hotel workers vote by 93% to authorize strike »
UPDATE (Sept. 16, 2019) — UNITE HERE Local 8 members at the Edgewater Hotel voted to authorize a strike by a 93% majority. They were…
Sep 13 2019 / Comments Off on Edgewater Hotel workers vote by 93% to authorize strike / Read More »Fred Meyer goes to war against employees in Oregon, SW WA »
Citing Unfair Labor Practices by Fred Meyer, UFCW 555 cancels all Kroger contracts The following is from UFCW Local 555: TIGARD, Ore. (Sept. 12,…
Sep 12 2019 / Comments Off on Fred Meyer goes to war against employees in Oregon, SW WA / Read More »
OPINION
The high cost of Tim Eyman’s Initiative 976
By DAVID GROVES LYNNWOOD (Sept. 6, 2019) — This week, Sound Transit broke ground on the construction of the new 8.5-mile Lynnwood Link Extension, which will extend light…
Sep 6 2019 / Read More »
STATE GOVERNMENT
WA Fairness to voters: Approve I-1000 / R88
SEATTLE (Sept. 13, 2019) — The WA Fairness campaign, representing a broad coalition of hundreds of community organizations, unions and businesses in support of Initiative 1000/Referendum 88, formally…
Sep 13 2019 / Read More »
W.S.L.C.
WSLC’s Brown: Governor Inslee ‘has done the nation a service’
OLYMPIA (Aug. 23, 2019) — Larry Brown, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, issued the following statement in response to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s announcement that…
Aug 23 2019 / Read More »
NATIONAL
Reject labor secretary nominee Eugene Scalia
Union-busting lawyer brings decades of anti-worker experience as he seeks to become labor secretary The following is from the AFL-CIO: WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 18, 2019) — For…
Sep 18 2019 / Read More »