Wednesday, April 30, 2014 STATE GOVERNMENT ► At IAM751.org — Unions to seek accountability for aerospace tax breaks — Machinists Union District Lodge 751 is...
By LYNNE DODSON (April 30, 2014) — Hooray, hooray for the month of May! It’s MayWorks time again when we dedicate the month to music, movies,...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 AEROSPACE ► In today’s P.S. Business Journal — Machinists union lands contract with Boeing supplier — About 280 workers at...
OLYMPIA (April 29, 2014) — The 2014 session of the Washington State Legislature was “another bitter taste of Washington, D.C.-style political gridlock” as Senate Republicans blocked...
Monday, April 28, 2014 BOEING ► In Sunday’s Seattle Times — Boeing sees big savings, others see big risks in job transfers — Boeing...
The following report appears in the latest edition of the Washington State Employee newsletter produced by the Washington Federation of State Employees, AFSCME Council 28: (April...
The following is from AFL-CIO Now: (April 28, 2014) — A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), Expanding Family and Medical...
Friday, April 25, 2014 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — State loses waiver to No Child Left Behind Act — U.S. Education...
The following is from SEIU Healthcare 1199NW: SPOKANE VALLEY (April 25, 2014) — About 1,000 nurses and healthcare workers at Valley and Deaconess Hospitals, members of...
By JOHN BURBANK (April 25, 2014) — I just returned from a trip to Finland to visit old friends. I brought home a bill from a...