Tuesday, August 20, 2013 TODAY’S MUST-READ ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — Farmers, workers and cultivating dignity (by the Revs. Josefina Beecher and Paul...
UPDATED to add Labor Day Picnic in Kennewick. Labor Day is a celebration of the incredible contributions of America’s working people. Through sweat, sacrifice and innovation,...
RENTON — These past few weeks have been action-packed. Workers across industries are standing up to live better and realizing that their struggles are united. In...
Monday, August 19, 2013 MINIMUM WAGE ► From AP — Campaign seeks to push Seattle minimum wage to $15 an hour — Washington already...
RENTON — All union members and their families are invited to the 2nd Annual Union Ride & Charity Rally™ to be held Saturday, Sept. 7 from...
The following is from District 11 of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE): MOSES LAKE (Aug. 19, 2013) — Employees at the Job Corps Columbia...
By JOHN BURBANK (Aug. 19, 2013) — Five years ago the wheels came off the financial system in our country. The risk-taking and gambling with other...
Thursday, August 15, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Seattle Times — Listening tour should lead to state transportation-package compromise (editorial) — The Senate...
SEATTLE — This month we will be observing the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was on Aug. 28,...
The following is from the Alliance for Retired Americans: (Aug. 14, 2013) — On Aug. 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Social Security into law....