RENTON, Wash. (Sept. 12, 2014) — In November 2010, three-year-old Julian Blackwell was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia, a rare life-threatening disease in which bone marrow...
Thursday, September 11, 2014 LOCAL ► In the P.S. Business Journal — Possible Teamster strike could hit Fred Meyer — The Fred Meyer grocery...
The following is from the Northwest Washington Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO: BELLINGHAM (Sept. 11, 2014) — State Sen. Doug Ericksen (R-Ferndale) has once again been eating...
The following is from Teamsters Local 117: UPDATE (Sept. 12, 2014) — Hundreds of Teamster warehouse workers will meet at 9 a.m. in Tacoma on Saturday,...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 ‘RIGHT TO WORK’ IS WRONG ► In the Peninsula Daily News — Sequim City Council decides against action on labor...
By JOHN BURBANK (Sept. 10, 2014) — I always think of September as the actual beginning of the year. School starts, summer vacation is over, and...
The following is from Working Washington: UPDATE (Sept. 11, 2014) — Culminating a day that saw fast food workers rising through an hours-long march across WA-$15...
By DAVID GROVES The Stand (Sept. 9, 2014) — A right-wing group’s attempt to impose anti-union “right-to-work” collective bargaining restrictions on city governments in Washington state...
The following is from the M.L. King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO: SEATTLE — Farmworkers at Sakuma Brothers Farms in Burlington are taking action to demand fair...
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 LOCAL ► In today’s Columbian — Longshore union touts ‘superior’ grain pact — The question of who got the upper...