By LYNNE DODSON AUBURN (May 24, 2016) — I will never cross a picket line. Yesterday, hundreds of members of the Green River United Faculty Coalition/AFT...
By JIM NORRIS SEATTLE (May 24, 2016) — Swedish Medical Center is a unionized hospital and typically all of its construction projects are union built, including...
Monday, May 23, 2016 2016 ELECTIONS ► From SeattlePI.com — Labor pains: Unions refuse to endorse Murray, 3 Democratic House members — The Washington...
The following is an open letter from Karen Strickland, President of AFT Washington, AFL-CIO: AUBURN (May 23, 2016) — Green River United Faculty Coalition/AFT Local 2195...
UPDATE — Here is a printable one-page list of WSLC endorsements made at the 2016 COPE Convention on May 21, at the WSLC 2016 Convention in...
Friday, May 20, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► From Newsweek — States’ Republicans scramble to halt minimum wage initiatives — Opponents of minimum wage increases...
The following is from UNITE HERE Local 8: SEATTLE (May 20, 2016) — In employee break rooms throughout downtown Seattle this week, hotel workers are saying...
WSLC’s 2016 Legislative Report, labor voting record now available OLYMPIA (May 20, 2016) — As rank-and-file delegates representing unions across the state gather this weekend...
By JEFF JOHNSON As Molly Ivins used to say, “The first rule of holes: When you’re in one, stop digging.” My message to Senate Ways and...
Thursday, May 19, 2016 LOCAL ► At IAM Eastern Washington — Triumph picket line lunch with SPEEA (photos) ALSO at The Stand — Labor...
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