By JUSTINE WINNIE The Stand OLYMPIA (Mar. 12, 2013) — There was a new face in town at last week’s quarterly Executive Board meeting of the...
By JUSTINE WINNIE Labor leaders of all ages around the state respond to the vision and work of the Washington Young Emerging Labor Leaders. As the...
By RAUL BURBANO, KRISTIN BEIFUS and MANUEL PÉREZ-ROCHA A 16th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations is underway in Singapore this week. Canada and Mexico...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Mar. 11, 2013) — The Flight Attendants Union Coalition, representing nearly 90,000 Flight Attendants at carriers across the county, is coordinating a nationwide legislative...
Monday, March 11, 2013 LOCAL ► In the Seattle Times — Olympia hospital workers plan to strike Monday over health costs — If more...
Mar. 14 UPDATE: The Senate failed to vote upon SB 5805 before Wednesday’s cutoff deadline, so the bill is now dead. OLYMPIA (Mar. 11, 2013) —...
OLYMPIA (Mar. 11, 2013) — More than 500 licensed practical nurses, nursing assistants, sterile processors, and dietary, housekeeping, and admitting staff walked out on strike starting...
Friday, March 8, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Olympian — Sequestration could cost Washington state tens of millions — The cuts, which began...
By DAVID GROVES The Stand OLYMPIA (Mar. 8, 2013) — The time for all-cuts austerity budgets has passed. Now Washington state must begin investing in its...
By WAYNE LIEB As a former Industrial Appeals judge and as an attorney with more than 25 years of experience specializing in workers’ compensation law, I...