The following is cross-posted from AFL-CIO Now: Did you know that the CEOs of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, the corporate front group that wants to cut...
By JEFF JOHNSON (Apr. 15, 2013) — Today is Tax Day. Benjamin Franklin once said there were two certainties in life: death and taxes. But in...
Monday, April 15, 2013 COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING ► In Sunday’s Columbian — The Big Divide: Competing political wills block the way — Most business...
The following is from Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity: SEATTLE — A public workshop, “Self-Defense on the Job: Understanding Labor and Industries,” will be from 9...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Apr. 15, 2013) — House Republican leadership rammed through a bill (H.R. 1120) on Friday that would effectively put the National Labor Relations Board...
Following is today’s edition of the WSLC Legislative Update newsletter (PDF version): OLYMPIA (April 12, 2013) — On Wednesday, House Democratic leaders introduced a state budget...
Friday, April 12, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► At TheStreet.com — Washington State tax knife may slice Microsoft, Amazon — Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing...
SEATTLE (Apr. 12, 2013) — The Washington State Labor Education and Research Center at South Seattle Community College, with support from the Fezter Institute, is conducting...
By JOHN BURBANK (Apr. 12, 2013) — At a poker table, the Washington Roundtable’s latest education report would amount to a bold bluff. Our elected representatives...
Thursday, April 11, 2013 BOEING ► In today’s Seattle Times — Boeing email warns 787 tech staff of layoffs — An email from a...