Monday, March 4, 2019 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ► In today’s Tri-City Herald — Hanford workers are being paid for common illnesses at taxpayer expense, feds...
Plus, a status report on labor-supported bills following Friday’s cutoff This is the latest edition of the weekly Legislative Update newsletter from the Washington State...
OLYMPIA — All students are invited to participate in STAY WOKE 2019, a day-long summit at St. Martin’s University on Tuesday, March 19. This year’s event...
Thursday, February 28, 2019 THIS WASHINGTON ► In today’s News Tribune — 890 assaults against staff, 9 months, 1 hospital. That’s intolerable. This small...
Study confirms joint labor-management programs outperform non-union ones SEATTLE (Feb. 28, 2019) — A first-of-its-kind study of apprenticeship programs in Washington state finds that joint...
The following is from the AFL-CIO: WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 28, 2019) — Workplace violence is a serious and growing problem for working people in the United...
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 LOCAL ► In today’s Seattle Times — Highway 99 tunnel contractors owe dirt-handling workers $370,666 additional wages, L&I says —...
SEATTLE — Join union leaders, members and community supporters from across the region for a special Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser benefiting the Puget Sound Labor Agency, AFL-CIO...
OLYMPIA (Feb. 26, 2019) — Today in Washington state, many people are denied the freedom to work in their chosen professions by pernicious “non-competition agreements.” These...
By APRIL SIMS (Feb. 26, 2019) — Every February, as a nation we reckon with our collective history. We take this month to honor the significant...