‘Slow and chaotic’ back-pay recovery adds to federal workers’ anguish The following is from the American Federation of Government Employees: WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 6, 2019)...
Tuesday, February 5, 2019 LOCAL ► In today’s Yakima H-R — Window, door maker Jeld-Wen announces plans to close Yakima plant; 180 jobs affected...
Tell your legislators to support uninterrupted-break bills, oppose industry ‘alternative’ UPDATE (Feb. 12, 2019) — The labor-supported bills guaranteeing uninterrupted breaks for nurses and healthcare...
Monday, February 4, 2019 LOCAL ► In the (Everett) Herald — Boeing workers in Washington get $429M in annual bonuses — Boeing employees across...
The following is from the Washington Public News Service: OLYMPIA (Feb. 4, 2019) — A measure in the Washington State Legislature could bring greater transparency to...
AFL-CIO’s Tefere Gebre will keynote ‘The Best is Yet to Come’ conference By SARAH LASLETT Special to The Stand SEATTLE (Feb. 4, 2019) — With...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 4, 2019) — Because of the 35-day government shutdown, more than 1 million federal contract workers lost a month of paychecks. Federal agencies...
Friday, February 1, 2019 BOEING ► In today’s Seattle Times — For the first time in six years, Boeing employment grows — In 2018, Boeing added...
The following is from USW: PITTSBURGH (Feb. 1, 2019) — The United Steelworkers (USW) announced late Thursday that a tentative agreement was reached with Shell Oil...
Unionists descend on State Capitol to lobby for pro-worker legislation OLYMPIA (Feb. 1, 2019) — Hundreds of union leaders and rank-and-file members from across Washington state...