What do hotel workers want for the holidays? Job security. Livable wages. Benefits. Safe workloads. Dignity. And justice! TAKE A STAND! Support UNITE HERE members who...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In Sunday’s Olympian — Legislators’ plan to aid economy: revenue bonds — With jobless rates hovering near 9% in the Evergreen state,...
The following is the WSLC Legislative Update newsletter distributed Monday, Dec. 12 by the Washington State Labor Council (PDF version). December’s special session ended without action...
On Thursday, Dec. 8, supporters of extending federal unemployment insurance benefits — led by the M.L. King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO — visited the Mercer Island...
BOEING ► In today’s Seattle Times — Big day at Boeing: Contract flies— Boeing’s Machinists voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve the deal announced a week...
The following was distributed by Machinists District 751 at 9 p.m. tonight: SEATTLE (Dec. 7) — Machinists Union members have approved a four-year contract extension with...
By JOHN BURBANK Occupy Wall Street has turned the national conversation to corporate privilege vs. the 99%. The mainstream media has “discovered” the yawning chasm in...
Nearly 2 million workers who have lost their jobs will lose their federal unemployment benefits if Congress fails to act on an extension by the end...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► At Publicola — Business, labor form unprecedented alliance on jobs bill — The Washington State Labor Council and the State Building and...
(Dec. 7) — Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 are voting today from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. on a...
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