Tuesday, January 26, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► From KUOW — Assaulted on the job, prison staff want time limit on benefits lifted — Working...
By LEO W. GERARD (Jan. 26, 2016) — The people of Michigan hired themselves a GOP businessman to be governor in 2011. And what they got...
Monday, January 25, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Yakima H-R — State House bill would improve dairy farm worker protections — The death...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 25, 2016) — Meet Sarah Kohout, the Washington State Labor Council’s Legislative Intern for the 2016 session. She graduated from Western Washington University in...
SEATTLE (Jan. 25, 2016) — Are you, or is someone you know, a legal permanent resident (“green-card” holder) who has had their citizenship for at least...
Friday, January 22, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► From AP — Judge rules Eyman’s tax-cut ballot measure unconstitutional — A judge struck down Tim Eyman’s...
The following is from SEIU Healthcare 1199NW: SEATTLE (Jan. 22, 2016) — The union of more than 2,000 Group Health nurses and healthcare workers, after meeting...
Thursday, January 21, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► From CrossCut — Will Washington rethink Boeing’s tax breaks? — In a packed Olympia hearing room, union...
By JONATHAN ROSENBLUM (Jan. 21, 2016) — What are U.S. workers to do about the problems presented by the gig economy? The past year saw a...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — War of words between Boeing, unions at tax-break hearing — In a...
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