SPOKANE (May 9, 2013) — Patient safety and fairness are at the heart of a new ad campaign hitting Spokane airwaves and computers this week. Spokane...
Thursday, May 9, 2013 AUSTERITY ► From AP — Federal spending cuts to lower Washington unemployment checks — The Employment Security Department has announced...
By DAVID GROVES The Stand WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 9, 2013) — All of Washington’s Republican members of Congress — Reps. Doc Hastings, Jaime Herrera Beutler, Dave...
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► At KPLU.org — Number of on-the-job deaths falls, Washington ranks third lowest — Jeff Johnson, president of...
The following is from the Washington Federation of State Employees, Council 28: OLYMPIA (May 8, 2013) — The WFSE bargaining team for The Evergreen State College...
The Mother Jones Award of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, has been recognized for more than 15 years as the state labor movement’s award that...
The following is from the Olympia Local 2354 of the American Postal Workers Union: OLYMPIA — The Olympia Local of the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO,...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 LOCAL ► In today’s Columbian — Letter carriers collecting food donations with Saturday mail — Some time this week you...
By MIKE ELLIOTT (May 7, 2013) — Recently environmentalists have been claiming that coal dust poses an environmental risk to the region because coal transits the...
The National Association of Letter Carriers 21st Annual “Stamp Out Hunger” national food drive will be Saturday, May 11. It is the country’s largest one-day food-collection...