Thursday, March 16, 2017 TRUMPCARE ► From KING 5 — McMorris Rodgers confident health care bill will pass House — The GOP health care...
UPDATE (March 17, 2017) — HR 1259, the attack on union rights of Veterans Affairs employees, passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a 240-175 vote...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 LOCAL ► MUST-READ In today’s Seattle Times — Uber, Lyft and unionizing the gig economy (by Jon Talton) –Whether workers...
The following is from Labor 411: We love the luck of the Irish, but on St. Patrick’s Day, Labor 411’s selection of more than 250 beers...
By STEVE SMITH (March 15, 2017) — Controversial Iowa Rep. Steve King is once again in hot water for espousing racist, white nationalist views, tweeting that...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 TRUMPCARE ► In today’s Washington Post — Trumpcare would reduce insured numbers by 24 million, CBO projects — House Republicans’...
(March 14, 2017) — The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are making an all-out push to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with...
Monday, March 13, 2017 THIS WASHINGTON ► In the P.S. Business Journal — Two bills in Olympia target aerospace tax credit ‘accountability’ for Boeing...
New bills would protect Washington jobs as Boeing cuts continue OLYMPIA (March 13, 2017) — With support from organized labor, Washington’s Legislature has approved major...
OLYMPIA (March 13, 2017) — Here’s a status report on some key working family bills that remain in play in the 2017 session of the Washington...