By REP. ADAM SMITH (Sept. 7, 2018) — The ability to organize and collectively bargain for benefits is one of the most important advances in American...
New tentative agreement on master contract reportedly boosts pay 17.8% BOTHELL (Sept. 7, 2018) — Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 302 has announced that the 17-day strike...
Thursday, September 6, 2018 PAY OUR TEACHERS ► In today’s News Tribune — School canceled Thursday for Tacoma and Puyallup students as bargaining continues — It’s...
In the first-ever evaluation of $10-plus minimum wages in 6 cities, a new UC-Berkeley study finds that lifting the wage floor has had a big impact...
TACOMA (Sept. 6, 2018) — The Tacoma Education Association has requested and been granted strike sanction from the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO for the teachers’...
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 LABOR DAY ► In the Spokesman-Review — Unions remain strong and motivated this Labor Day (by WSLC President Jeff Johnson) — In this...
21 arrested as campaign for fair contract escalates at Seattle Westin hotel The following is from UNITE HERE Local 8: SEATTLE (Sept. 5, 2018) —...
This Labor Day, we are bending the ‘arc of the moral universe’ toward justice By JEFF JOHNSON (Sept. 3, 2018) — Two months after the...
Friday, August 31, 2018 The Entire Staff of The Stand is out until Wednesday, Sept. 5. Until then, get the latest on the teacher strikes...
His move, supported by House Republicans, comes just months after they passed a $1.4 trillion tax giveaway to corporations and the wealthy, which has failed to...