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DAILY NEWS
Support ESSB 6217, airline catering workers »
Send a message to WA State Representatives to support fair wages for SeaTac workers OLYMPIA (Feb. 28, 2020) — UNITE HERE Local 8, the Washington State Labor Council, and community supporters of livable wages are urging the Washington State House of Representatives to approve…
Feb 28 2020 / Comments Off on Support ESSB 6217, airline catering workers / Read More »Labor: No ‘snapback’ for Boeing without accountability »
Union leaders tell legislators that aerospace tax breaks should not be automatically reinstated without strong, specific accountability language to boost aerospace jobs in Washington state OLYMPIA (Feb. 26, 2020) — Washington state labor leaders testified Tuesday on Boeing-backed legislation to end the state’s aerospace…
Feb 26 2020 / Comments Off on Labor: No ‘snapback’ for Boeing without accountability / Read More »Status report on pro-worker bills after latest cutoff deadline »
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LOCAL
Maverick employees ratify first contract with Teamsters 117 »
New contract provides retirement security, workplace improvements to more than 1,700 gaming industry workers at 19 card rooms across Washington state The following is…
Feb 28 2020 / Comments Off on Maverick employees ratify first contract with Teamsters 117 / Read More »‘Los Eternos Indocumentados’ film screening Feb. 29 at WSLC »
SEATTLE — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO has joined 20 local organizations in co-sponsoring a film screening and discussion of Los Eternos Indocumentados (The…
Feb 25 2020 / Comments Off on ‘Los Eternos Indocumentados’ film screening Feb. 29 at WSLC / Read More »LIUNA, WIAA form partnership to promote apprenticeship »
The following is from LIUNA Northwest: SEATTLE (Feb. 18, 2020) — The Northwest Region of the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA NW) and…
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OPINION
Black workers: Labor’s bedrock and future
If we are in true solidarity with everyone in our movement, we all win By APRIL SIMS (Feb. 28, 2020) — Black History Month has offered us…
Feb 28 2020 / Read More »
W.S.L.C.
Path to Power candidate training in Tacoma
Apply now for AFL-CIO, WSLC program scheduled for March 25-27 TACOMA (Feb. 24, 2020) — Are you a union member thinking about running for the city council,…
Feb 24 2020 / Read More »
STATE GOVERNMENT
Support ESSB 6217, airline catering workers
Send a message to WA State Representatives to support fair wages for SeaTac workers OLYMPIA (Feb. 28, 2020) — UNITE HERE Local 8, the Washington State Labor…
Feb 28 2020 / Read More »
NATIONAL
AFL-CIO spotlights Black leaders, activists
For Black History Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various African American leaders and activists who have worked at the intersection of civil and labor rights. Here is their…
Feb 25 2020 / Read More »
