The following is from the U.S. Department of Labor: (Dec. 23, 2015) — The U.S. Department of Labor is hosting a series of webinars specific for Washington...
(Dec. 18, 2015) — The following guest column was published in today’s edition of The Seattle Times: By JEFF JOHNSON The public has finally been permitted...
The following is from Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU) Local 8: SEATAC (Dec. 17, 2015) — OPEIU Local 8 represented Licensed Massage Therapists working at the...
The following is from IUOE Local 609: SEATTLE (Dec. 17, 2015) — Local 609 of the International Union of Operating Engineers has settled a drawn out...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION ► In today’s NY Times — Seattle will allow Uber and Lyft drivers to form unions —...
Council unanimously OKs drivers’ bargaining rights; bill heads to mayor’s desk UPDATE (1 p.m., Dec. 15, 2015) — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka released the following...
PORTLAND, Ore. (Dec. 15, 2015) — Some of the hardworking utility workers who’ve been battling to keep your power on amid this winter’s wind and rain...
TACOMA (Dec. 15, 2015) — The city government is in the process of creating the rules of implementation for the new minimum wage law, which will...
Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, was part of the labor delegation that attended the Paris Climate Conference (COP 21) on Dec....
Monday, December 14, 2015 FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION ► From Al Jazeera America — Uber and taxi drivers may soon win right to unionize in...
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