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Thank you, veterans ● 2½-year strike over? ● Educators: Enroll now!

Nov 11 2019

Hanford raises ● Fairness gains ● Bonnie’s birthday

Nov 8 2019

I-976 mayday ● Falling feces ● ERA Now? ● Scab shaming

Nov 7 2019

‘Harsh reckoning’ ahead ● Unionists running, winning ● ‘OK, boomer’

Nov 6 2019

VOTE! ● Mercury’s non-competes voided ● Unions deliver financial security

Nov 5 2019

WSLC: No rest break exemption for truckers »

Labor joins Sen. Murray, public safety advocates in fighting industry effort to take away truckers’ rest and meal breaks WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 11, 2019) — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO has joined dozens of public safety, consumer and labor organizations in urging the…

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AFL-CIO: Congress must pass Miners Pension Protection Act »

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W.S.L.C.

Free couples’ addiction recovery retreat Dec. 14-15 in Seattle »

SEATTLE — “As unionists, we fight for the well-being of all working people on the job and off, because we know that what we do…

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Guess which state has the strongest unions in the nation? »

New national analysis finds Washington’s unions are strongest… and growing (Nov. 4, 2019) — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO (WSLC) has long proclaimed…

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LOCAL

Grocery workers ratify historic new contract

UFCW 21, Teamsters 38, UFCW 367 win major gains with no takeaways SEATTLE (Nov. 8, 2019) — For months, bargaining teams representing some 30,000 grocery workers in…

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No new NAFTA: Vigil on Nov. 13 in Seattle for Mexican miners

Centralia Armistice Day Tragedy to be commemorated Nov. 9-11

YouthCare employees in Seattle form union with OPEIU 8

Urge Seattle leaders to support Fare Share for Uber, Lyft drivers

A ‘win-win’ investment of union pension dollars in Seattle

Newsroom union vote slated at The Columbian in Vancouver

STATE GOVERNMENT

I-976 passes; I-1000/R88 still too close to call

UPDATE (Nov. 8, 2019) — The election results listed below have been updated as of 7 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 11. Check Vote.WA.gov for the latest results. (Nov.…

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Overtime pay comment period ends; final rule coming in Dec.

L&I proposes workers’ comp rate decrease for 3rd straight year

Legislators support restoring overtime pay in Washington

‘Union Effect’ in Washington: Higher wages, better benefits

WA leads 13 states in opposing DOL rule on apprenticeships

Support restoring overtime in Washington

NATIONAL

WSLC: No rest break exemption for truckers

Labor joins Sen. Murray, public safety advocates in fighting industry effort to take away truckers’ rest and meal breaks WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 11, 2019) — The Washington…

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AFL-CIO: Congress must pass Miners Pension Protection Act

GM strike goes on; UAW members will vote

Trump order decried as ‘backdoor privatization’ of Medicare

Kaiser Permanente, union coalition reach tentative deal

Sign open letter of support for UAW strikers at General Motors

Reject labor secretary nominee Eugene Scalia

OPINION

Let’s vote for opportunity, not division

Ignore attempts to inflame racial divisions; approve I-1000 for shared prosperity By APRIL SIMS (Oct. 31, 2019) — By November 5, Washingtonians have the chance to restore…

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I-1000 opponents seek to misinform, divide

The wacky world of the Freedom Foundation

Unions are stepping up to fight addiction; recovery event in Oct.

Stop using self-checkout machines at QFC, elsewhere

The high cost of Tim Eyman’s Initiative 976

This Labor Day, celebrate power of solidarity