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DAILY NEWS

Tax the rich (like me) | Pass the PRO Act | Kroger’s retaliation

Mar 2 2021

5,000 lost in a year | House OKs Rescue Plan | Biden defends right to unionize

Mar 1 2021

Win for WA State NewsGuild | QFC can’t bully us | MultiCited | On & On

Feb 26 2021

Whistleblowing in the House | QFC gets political | The breaking of nursing

Feb 25 2021

Hazard pay for more | Dreamliner nightmare | Death, through a nurse’s eyes

Feb 24 2021

Invest in infrastructure and Buy American »

Show your support for a bold infrastructure investment that is Made in America   WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 2, 2021) — Weeks after a winter storm wreaked deadly havoc across the state of Texas, many residents still lack clean drinking water. Meanwhile in Mississippi, some cities…

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Labor, Democrats celebrate House passage of Equality Act »

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Railroad unions win major decision on train crew sizes »

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STATE GOVERNMENT

Saldaña’s SB 5064 would grant jobless benefits to caregivers »

OLYMPIA (March 2, 2021) — When legislators rushed to approve changes to the unemployment insurance system in time to avoid major UI tax increases for…

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Worker Protection Act ready, waiting for a House vote »

Tell your Washington state legislators: Pass HB 1076!   OLYMPIA (Feb. 25, 2021) — The Worker Protection Act (HB 1076) would create a pathway for…

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Senate passes nation-leading bill to protect frontline workers »

SB 5115 creates workers’ comp presumption for Washington’s essential workers who are infected with COVID-19   The following is from the Senate Democratic Caucus: OLYMPIA…

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W.S.L.C.

Keep celebrating Black history all year long

The work of confronting racism, white supremacy must continue   (March 1, 2021) — For the past month, the Washington State Labor Council and its affiliated unions have…

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Meet the 48 ‘Labor of Love’ grant awardees!
WSLC’s Path to Power candidate training will be March 29-31
Legislative Conference: Remote but united, it’s ‘Our Time Now’
WSLC getting legislative assist from Poplack, Rezaie-Tirabadi
WSLC offers COVID vaccination resource for union members
WSLC’s virtual Legislative Conference Feb. 4
OPINION

Biden, Congress must maintain mission of Social Security, USPS

By JACKIE BOSCHOK (Feb. 15, 2021) — Beginning in 1935, seniors were able to depend on a check from the Social Security Administration, arriving once a month and…

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I’m a Union leader and a Black woman. Here’s why I got the COVID-19 vaccine.
Take care of our nurses, so they can take care of us
Seniors stand ready to support pro-worker legislation in 2021
A punishing time of pain — and promise
We must invest in post-COVID Washington
Washington can exit the race to the bottom
LOCAL

Interviewees sought for Seattle COVID-19 Oral History Project

SEATTLE (Feb. 26, 2021) — The Seattle chapter of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) is supporting the University of Washington Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies’…

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Labor Center hosts screening, discussion of ‘Food Chains’
Tell Walmart and GE/Savant: Don’t offshore jobs to China
UFCW 21 decries Kroger/QFC’s ‘greed, bullying’ in Seattle
SAG-AFTRA, AFL-CIO host labor technology summit Feb. 19
Domestic workers, employers: Share your opinions on benefits
After tough fight, ‘The 900’ win new contract
NATIONAL

Invest in infrastructure and Buy American

Show your support for a bold infrastructure investment that is Made in America   WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 2, 2021) — Weeks after a winter storm wreaked deadly havoc…

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Labor, Democrats celebrate House passage of Equality Act
Railroad unions win major decision on train crew sizes
U.S. DOL suspends ‘duplicative, often inferior’ IRAP system
Washington Democrats step up for workers on PRO Act
New study: ‘Right to Work’ states underperform in multiple areas
WSLC applauds introduction of PRO Act in Congress

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