Tuesday, January 31, 2017 THIS WASHINGTON ► In today’s Seattle Times — Republicans and Democrats offer competing voting-rights bills in Legislature — The three...
REP. RICK LARSEN (Jan. 31, 2017) — Like the “dead” man scene in the classic Monty Python film, the Affordable Care Act is not dead yet. In...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 31, 2017) — Last week, President Donald Trump instituted a federal hiring freeze with no end in sight. Beyond this, he directed the Office of Management...
SEATTLE — Kenny McCormick, 63, President of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587, passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 20. Memorial services will be held Saturday, Feb. 4...
Monday, January 30, 2017 FREEDOM OF RELIGION ► From Huffington Post — It took Trump 8 days to bring U.S. to brink of a...
(Jan. 30, 2017) — The following statement was issued Monday by Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO: President Trump’s Executive Order on...
Republicans would deny new minimum wage, sick leave to teens, nonprofits, non-Kings OLYMPIA (Jan. 30, 2017) — In November, Washington voters approved Initiative 1433 to...
Friday, January 27, 2017 THIS WASHINGTON ► In today’s Tri-City Herald — Bill would help ill Hanford workers get compensation — Hanford workers would...
With 39,000 more members, state is now 5th most unionized in U.S. (Jan. 27, 2017) — An estimated 539,000 Washington state residents belonged to labor...
SEATTLE — The Seattle Labor Chorus was started in 1997 to back up Pete Seeger at the Northwest Folklife Festival and has been performing frequently at...
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