LOCAL ► Snowmageddon 2012 — Today, please remember the dedicated public works employees who are geared up for another big day (and night) of work...
By JOHN BURBANK Back in the 1960s, there was a comic strip named Pogo. One of the most insightful strips was a distilled discussion of human...
The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now: By TULA CONNELL The 72-page report, issued yesterday by the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, makes many solid...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Olympian — Capital gains tax proposed to fix bleeding budget— Rep. Laurie Jinkins (D-Tacoma) says a 5% tax on realized...
At its 2011 Convention, Washington State Labor Council delegates approved a resolution calling for the WSLC to create a month-long celebration of workers’ culture in May...
SEATTLE — Several hundred residents of Seattle’s International District attended a packed-house forum on Jan. 13 about the imminent closure of two local Social Security Administration...
MLK DAY ► In today’s Spokesman-Review — Turnout nearly double for Spokane’s MLK march — The event, which started at the Spokane Convention Center and...
Here is today’s edition of the weekly Legislative Update the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO (PDF version): Priority bills would create jobs, retain good jobs, ensure...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Applications are now open for the 2012 Union Plus Scholarship Program, which provides $150,000 in scholarships to union members, their spouses and dependents. This...
M.L.K. DAY ► In today’s NY Times — How Fares The Dream? (Paul Krugman column) — If Martin Luther King could see America now, I...