IT’S STILL ALL ABOUT THE JOBS! ► In today’s NY Times — Companies spending on equipment, not workers — Two years into the recovery, hiring...
On Wednesday, June 8, members of UAW Local 4121 – Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants, Tutors and other Academic Student Employees at the University of Washington –...
What kind of governor would Republican Rob McKenna be for Washington’s working families? Posed that question on June 8, the day McKenna formally announced his long-expected...
The following Call to Action was posted Thursday at AFL-CIO Now. There are 44 members of the U.S. Senate who don’t want consumer and working family...
Despite receiving veto requests from union leaders and rank-and-file members across the state, Gov. Chris Gregoire on Tuesday signed legislation into law that decertifies the ferry...
POLITICAL NEWS: ► From AP — McKenna officially announces campaign to become first GOP governor since 1985 — Attorney General Rob McKenna formally entered Washington’s...
Tuesday, June 7 was the 10-year anniversary of President George W. Bush’s tax cuts that went mostly to very rich individuals and big corporations. As AFL-CIO Now pointed...
POLITICAL NEWS: ► In today’s Seattle Times — State AG McKenna to announce run for Governor — State Attorney General Rob McKenna will announce his...
By Brendan Williams Perhaps not since British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain famously heralded the 1938 Munich Agreement, surrendering Czechoslovakia to Germany as bringing “peace with honor”...
By John Burbank My son Owen and I just drove across half the country. He has a summer job in St. Paul, Minnesota, and we are...