Friday, February 24, 2023 RAIL SAFETY ► From Jacobin — Rail carriers’ cost-cutting is endangering all of us — Rail carriers are operating longer,...
Greenwood Mushrooms — using label ‘Windmill Farms’ — requires arbitration agreements to quash union The following is from the United Farm Workers (UFW): SUNNYSIDE, Wash....
SEATTLE (Feb. 24, 2023) — All organizers, social justice champions and labor leaders in the Pacific Northwest have likely crossed paths with Kevin Allen. Among other...
The following is from Teamsters Local 117: TUKWILA (Feb. 24, 2023) – At the Teamsters Local 117 membership meeting on Feb. 16, union members and their...
Thursday, February 23, 2023 LOCAL ► From the Seattle Times — At Port of Tacoma, unions step in to help foreign seafarers get paid...
By JEFF JOHNSON Special to The Stand (Feb. 23, 2023) — This past year, Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action (PSARA) waged an aggressive campaign to...
DOH data confirm healthcare workers’ reports of patient harm or death due to short-staffing. Tell senators to pass SB 5236 now! SEATTLE (Feb. 23, 2023)...
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 LOCAL ► From the News Tribune — State inspects Tacoma psychiatric hospital after workers complain of violence, lice — A...
The following is from the ILWU: TACOMA, Wash. (Feb. 22, 2023) — The actions of the Puget Sound Inspector from the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF)...
Urge legislators to support unemployment protections for undocumented workers OLYMPIA (Feb. 22, 2023) — Immigrant rights are workers’ rights. In Washington, where one in eight...