Following is today’s edition of the WSLC Legislative Update newsletter (PDF version): OLYMPIA (Mar. 29, 2013) — One of the first legislative priorities of the State...
Friday, March 29, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — Inslee on budget: ‘I choose education over tax breaks’ — Gov. Jay...
By JUSTINE WINNIE The Stand SEATTLE (Mar. 29, 2013) — At last weekend’s AFL-CIO Western Regional Conference, Patty Rose was recognized for her years of dedicated...
AUBURN, Wash. (Mar. 28, 2013) — On March 24, the 62 employees of Belshaw Adamatic Bakery Group represented by IAM Local 79 voted unanimously to strike...
OLYMPIA (Mar. 28, 2013) — Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council President, AFL-CIO, issued the following statement in response to the release of...
Thursday, March 28, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — Inslee will seek to extend temporary taxes — Gov. Jay Inslee today...
By JOHN BURBANK (Mar. 28, 2013) — It’s fine to expect instant gratification when downloading an app to your smartphone or streaming a movie to your...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► From AP — Is the voting rights bill dead? — The Washington Voting Rights Act would facilitate...
(Mar. 27, 2013) — Nurses at PeaceHealth St. Joseph in Bellingham and at Tacoma General Hospital are both struggling with hospital management to get fair, reasonable...
VANCOUVER (Mar. 6, 2013) — The Southwest Washington Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO is working with the Clark County Historical Museum to bring labor’s history in Southwest...
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