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DAILY NEWS

COVID spikes, Trump shrugs ● Reykdal for SPI ● Attack on civil service

Oct 27 2020

COVID surge ● Voting surge ● Amazon injury surge ● Devo’s got a surge

Oct 21 2020

Wear a mask, urges CDC. (Ya think?) ● D.C.’s pawns ● Chocolate child labor

Oct 20 2020

Herder by numbers ● Give ’em what they want ● Popular drop boxes

Oct 19 2020

Our political spike ● End our national crisis! ● Paak-down

Oct 16 2020

Labor must step up to defend democracy »

We’ve got one week to make sure Joe Biden, other champions for workers are elected   By CHERIKA CARTER (Oct. 27, 2020) — Our labor movement fights for a better life for all of America’s working people. We want our elected leaders to do the…

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Let your voice be heard. VOTE TODAY! »

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LOCAL

Snohomish County adopts state’s strongest apprenticeship standard »

Councilmember Megan Dunn leads stakeholder effort for stronger reforms to benefit working families   The following is from the Snohomish and Island County Labor Council:…

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Action alert: Show your support for new union at Allan Brothers »

NACHES, Wash. (Oct. 16, 2020) — The workers at Allan Brothers Fruit, who were the first of several Yakima Valley fruit warehouses who went on…

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STATE GOVERNMENT

Applications now open for WA COVID Immigrant Relief Fund

SEATTLE​ (Oct. 21, 2020) — A new $40 million fund to provide economic relief to immigrants in Washington state​​ began accepting applications today. The Washington COVID-19 Immigrant Relief…

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Sign petition to avoid drastic budget cuts in Washington
Join effort to improve dental access in WA
Amid outbreaks, state updates hospitals’ COVID-19 requirements
Sign petition opposing reckless state cuts
900,000-plus have hazardous, precarious jobs
Washington’s #1 for workers amid pandemic
OPINION

With workers’ compensation, knowledge is power!

Project Help is here to assist injured workers in getting ‘sure and certain relief’   By VIONA LATSCHAW (Oct. 19, 2020) — At the end of the day…

Oct 19 2020 / Read More »
Let’s save lives together by wearing a mask
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day by learning, taking action
We all agree! ‘Free trade’ needs restrictions
Doglio is a tireless champion for workers
America’s seniors will not be dismissed
CDC continues to choose politics over science, worker safety
NATIONAL

Workers need COVID-19 relief, not anti-worker court nominee

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 29, 2020) — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement on Saturday: A lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court demands a thoughtful, fair and…

Sep 29 2020 / Read More »
America loses one of its greatest jurists
Seafarers stranded amid COVID seek repatriation to return home
Allowing Trump to deport TPS immigrants destabilizes U.S.
GOP’s weak COVID-relief bill rejected by U.S. Senate
AFL-CIO web tool helps workers find out: Am I Safe at Work?
BlueGreen Alliance endorses Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
W.S.L.C.

WSLC: Our state must maintain its aerospace advantage, capacity

SEATTLE (Oct. 1, 2020) — With Boeing’s decision to shift 787 production from Everett, Wash., to South Carolina, the following statement was released Thursday by Larry Brown, President…

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WSLC: Boeing’s best chance for success is here in Washington
‘When unions do well, everybody does well’
How to survive ‘gut punch’ of 2020? Unions!
State’s labor movement convenes this week
Perreira joins WSLC as Director of Racial and Gender Justice
Meeting of the Minds webinar on workers’ compensation is Oct. 8

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