The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Northwest Grain Elevator Operators sent out the following joint news release on Tuesday: PORTLAND, OR (Sept. 13)...
UPDATE: (Sept. 14) — Mental health workers at Behavioral Health Resources reached a tentative contract agreement with management early Wednesday morning, averting a planned one-day strike....
Join hundreds of Port of Seattle workers, community supporters and local elected leaders for a Good Jobs Rally this Thursday, Sept. 15 from 11:30 a.m. to...
Today’s news links: TACOMA TEACHERS STRIKE! ► In today’s News Tribune — TACOMA TEACHERS GO ON STRIKE — More than 1,600 union teachers and...
With an 8-1 vote, the Seattle City Council passed a landmark ordinance to ensure workers in all but the city’s smallest businesses can earn paid sick...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In Sunday’s Olympian — Budget shortfall of $2 billion may loom — State budget writers are awaiting revenue forecaster Arun Raha’s next...
Please take a moment to visit the AFL-CIO page commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks. The video posted there is a poignant reminder of...
E.G.T. DISPUTE ► In today’s (Longview) Daily News — Longshoremen storm EGT terminal, release grain from train cars — Hundreds of longshoremen and their supporters...
By DAVID GROVES The Stand LONGVIEW (Sept. 8, 2011) — Violence erupted today in a major labor dispute that has simmered for months at the Port...
E.G.T. DISPUTE ► Update from SeattleTimes.com — Work is at a standstill at the ports in Seattle and Everett as a labor dispute that started...
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