SEATTLE (March 29, 2017) — The following is a joint statement released Tuesday by Unite Here Local 8 and the Space Needle: Unite Here Local 8...
By JEFF JOHNSON (March 29, 2017) — I would like to comment on two things regarding the defeat of the seven-year Republican Party effort to repeal...
The following is from SEIU HealthCare 1199NW: EVERETT (March 29, 2017) — Providence Home Care and Hospice of Snohomish County nurses and healthcare workers provide compassionate...
Dearest Readers: The Entire Staff of The Stand is on vacation next week, so your next update will be on Monday, April 3. — Sincerely, TESOTS...
By STEVE GAREY The following testimony was delivered at the March 14 public hearing on HB 1646, the Clean Energy Transition Act., before the House Committee...
Thursday, March 23, 2017 TRUMPCARE ► BREAKING — Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler to vote NO on Trumpcare — “The difficulties this bill would create...
The following is from the Seattle Labor Chorus: SEATTLE — Amid cold winds weather-wise and politics-wise, you can cheer yourself up by attending the annual Seattle...
By JOHN BURBANK (March 23, 2017) — Last November voters overwhelmingly approved Initiative 1433 to increase the minimum wage and establish a statewide standard for paid...
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 THIS WASHINGTON ► In today’s News Tribune — GOP budget would reject state worker raises to help pay for schools...
Public outcry, plummeting polls doomed Republican repeal of ACA UPDATE (2 p.m. March 24, 2017) — In a dramatic conclusion to the Republican effort to...
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