Tuesday, December 10, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► At Inside Olympia — TVW’s Austin Jenkins interviews Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council,...
By JEFF JOHNSON (Dec. 10, 2013) — Labor wants our engineers and machinists to design and build the 777x and the new composite wing here at...
Monday, December 9, 2013 BOEING ► In Sunday’s (Everett) Herald — Landing the Boeing 777X: How 15 states compare — Boeing won’t comment on how...
(Dec. 9, 2013) — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO — in conjunction with the Washington State Labor Education and Research Center — is offering workshops...
The following is from Teamsters 117: TUKWILA, Wash. (Dec. 9, 2013) — Teamster production workers and lab technicians, employed by Darigold, have overwhelmingly ratified a new...
The following is from AFT Washington: (Dec. 9, 2013) — The promise of a great public education for all children is under pressure from economic, ideological,...
Friday, December 6, 2013 BOEING ► In today’s Seattle Times — Boeing’s wish list for 777X asks for ‘no cost’ site — Confidential documents...
Nelson Mandela — a freedom fighter and prisoner, a global symbol of the struggle against racial oppression, and a passionate advocate for labor unions and the...
By JOHN BURBANK (Dec. 6, 2013) — Last month voters approved a $15-an-hour minimum wage for workers in SeaTac. In California, Ron Utz, a conservative Silicon...
Thursday, December 5, 2013 LOCAL ► In today’s Spokesman-Review — Some striking workers locked out of Valley Hospital — The action comes following a...
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