MayWorks, the annual month-long celebration of workers’ culture and history first organized in 2012 by Washington’s labor movement, will be held again in 2014. MayWorks concerts,...
Thursday, March 13, 2014 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — With clock ticking, state lawmakers still in budget talks — House and...
SEATTLE (Mar. 13, 2014) — A new group of Seattle musicians have notched their first victory in making life a little easier for area club musicians:...
By JOHN BURBANK (Mar. 13, 2014) — There is a new study out that shows that low-income students who get free tuition are more likely to...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Mar. 13, 2014) — Declaring that “the U.S. Postal Service is under unprecedented attack,” the presidents of the four postal unions have formed a...
More than 250 SEIU Healthcare 1199NW members at Behavioral Health Resources (BHR), which provides mental health and addiction services in Thurston, Mason and Grays Harbor counties,...
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 LOCAL ► In today’s Seattle Times — Backers: Pass $15 minimum wage in Seattle or we’ll put it on the...
SEATTLE — 15 Now, the coalition that supports raising Seattle’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, will hold a March for $15 this Saturday, March 15....
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Mar. 12, 2014) — Multinational corporations are increasingly contracting out what used to be family-wage company jobs to staffing companies to avoid unionization and...
Senate proposals to add tax breaks, defer revenue are unsustainable Today’s edition of the Washington State Labor Council’s Legislative Update newsletter: OLYMPIA (Mar. 11, 2014)...
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