Friday, October 18, 2012 LOCAL ► In today’s Seattle Times — Longshore union files suit of SoDo site for arena — Longshore workers who...
SEATTLE (Oct. 19, 2012) — More than 100 Seattle Times employees — reporters, photographers, editors, producers and artists — delivered a letter to Publisher Frank Blethen...
By DAVID GROVES The Stand OLYMPIA (Oct. 18) — A few weeks ago, the state announced that Washington’s minimum wage will increase by 15 cents on...
Thursday, October 18, 2012 BOEING ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — SPEEA lays groundwork for “federally protected” strike — More than two weeks have...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 GUBER-DEBATE ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — Inslee, McKenna trade jabs in feisty final debate — Democrat Jay Inslee and Republican...
By SANDRA SCHROEDER In a landmark address in 1988, former American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Albert Shanker became one of the first education leaders to...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 DEBATE NIGHT ► From AP — Debate doubleheader begins tonight at 6 p.m. — President Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney...
(Oct. 16) — Longtime state legislator R. Lorraine Wojahn, a former union officer and Washington State Labor Council staff member, passed away Saturday, Oct. 13 in...
Monday, October 15, 2012 STATE ELECTION ► In The Olympian — Inslee getting big push from labor, enviros — Labor and environmental activists kicked off...
(Oct. 15) — Wow. Hundreds of union volunteers packed Saturday’s Labor Neighbor Super Walks in Tacoma, Richland and Olympia on Oct. 13 to knock on thousands...
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