WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 29) — U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Subcommittee announced she has included up to $20...
Friday, June 29, 2012 LOCAL ► In today’s (Longview) Daily News — ILWU president’s trial over Port of Longview protests begins — Testimony begins...
By LYNNE DODSON As a labor organization, as part of the labor movement, the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO champions economic rights, civil and human rights,...
Labor Neighbor, the Washington State Labor Council’s grassroots member-to-member political action program, is in full swing. Thousands of union members have already been called, visited at...
Thursday, June 28, 2012 SCOTUS ► In today’s Seattle Times — What the Supreme Court ruling means for our state — Now that the...
SEATTLE — Puget Sound janitors, members of SEIU Local 6, announced a tentative agreement late Wednesday with janitorial employers on a four-year contract covering almost 3,000...
McKenna should be ashamed, says WSLC’s Johnson (June 28, 2012) — The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld as constitutional President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, including...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 HANFORD ► From AP — $12.3 billion Hanford plant sees new costs, delays — A new cost estimate and construction...
Waste Management, the No. 1 waste company in the country that collected $13.4 billion in 2011, is threatening to lock out its Puget Sound-area recycle and...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 CAPTIVE VETERANS ► At In These Times — Veterans forced to attend anti-union meetings on Army base — Jason Croic...
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