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WASHINGTON IS A UNION STATE!
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DAILY NEWS
Inslee x 3 ● It’s a WAREHOUSE ● Trump’s America
Aug 22 2019Union Summer ‘family’ is labor’s future »
By RASHEA DICKEY SEATTLE (Aug. 23, 2019) — At noon on June 25, 14 interns walked into the offices of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO ready to embark on their Union Summer journeys. I was lucky to be their Union Summer Coordinator. Union Summer…
Aug 23 2019 / Comments Off on Union Summer ‘family’ is labor’s future / Read More »Nothing new about today’s union busters »
Like the Pinkertons, the so-called ‘Freedom Foundation’ are just the wealthy elite’s hired guns, aiming to keep the workers down. By PETER STARZYNSKI (Aug. 13, 2019) — The business of union busting has a long, sordid history in the United States, its actors remembered…
Aug 13 2019 / Comments Off on Nothing new about today’s union busters / 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…
Aug 23 2019 / Comments Off on WSLC’s Brown: Governor Inslee ‘has done the nation a service’ / Read More »Carter named WSLC Political & Strategic Campaign Director »
SEATTLE (Aug. 22, 2019) — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO has announced that Cherika Carter has been named the council’s Political and Strategic Campaign…
Aug 22 2019 / Comments Off on Carter named WSLC Political & Strategic Campaign Director / Read More »WSLC seeks Legislative Director, Workforce Dev. Director »
SEATTLE (Aug. 16, 2019) — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, which is the largest union federation and considered to be the voice of labor…
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LOCAL
Protest Ingraham, anti-union group on Sept. 21 at Hyatt Bellevue
BELLEVUE (Aug. 22, 2019) — The anti-union extremists at the Olympia-based Freedom Foundation have invited white supremacist and Fox News talking head Laura Ingraham to be their keynote…
Aug 22 2019 / Read More »
NATIONAL
Fired SC Boeing Machinists win legal battle
The following is from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM): WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 20, 2019) — Five instances of company discipline and unjust terminations of…
Aug 20 2019 / Read More »
OPINION
Union Summer ‘family’ is labor’s future
By RASHEA DICKEY SEATTLE (Aug. 23, 2019) — At noon on June 25, 14 interns walked into the offices of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO ready to…
Aug 23 2019 / Read More »
STATE GOVERNMENT
Approve R-88 – Opportunities For All coalition backs I-1000
Labor-business-community alliance vows to bring Washingtonians together in support of Ref. 88/I-1000, fairness, inclusion The following is from Approve R-88 — Opportunities For All: (Aug. 9, 2019)…
Aug 9 2019 / Read More »