PORTLAND — People interested in Washington, Oregon and Pacific Northwest labor history are encouraged to attend the 2016 Conference of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association...
Friday, April 15, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► From WFSE — TAKE ACTION to protect our privacy! — The Freedom Foundation, an organization funded by...
The following is from AFL-CIO Now: (April 15, 2016) — Working people at Verizon are on strike. After months of negotiations with the telecommunications giant, they’ve...
By JOHN BURBANK (April 15, 2016) — I recently found myself working on my taxes during some beautiful sunny weather — while wishing I’d done them...
Thursday, April 14, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — A consensus is growing that Boeing tax breaks need teeth (by Jerry...
YAKIMA — The May 1st Coalition has come together this year to organize a historic sunrise-to-sunset march from Granger to Yakima. Recreating the historic march of...
SEATTLE — A. Philip Randolph was born on April 15, 1889, and spent a lifetime engaged in the fight for social and economic justice for African...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 LOCAL ► In today’s Bellingham Herald — Intalco aluminum smelter in Ferndale to stay open — Alcoa and the Bonneville...
On Thursday, April 14, baristas, grocery store workers, homecare workers, fast food workers, nursing home workers, janitors, adjunct professors, student workers, and other workers will come...
The following is from SAG-AFTRA: SEATTLE (April 13, 2016) — SAG-AFTRA has announced the hiring of Shellea Allen as its Seattle Local executive director and administrator...