State bill would empower local governments to close representation gap OLYMPIA (Dec. 8, 2017) — Sen. Rebecca Saldaña (D-Seattle) introduced the Washington Voting Rights Act...
New contract proves solidarity works — even in ‘right-to-work’ environment The following is from Teamsters 117: SPOKANE (Dec. 7, 2017) — There are certain fundamentals to...
Thursday, December 7, 2017 SEXUAL HARASSMENT ► In today’s Seattle Times — State Rep. Matt Manweller has faced sexual misconduct complaints from students — Records show...
The following from SEIU Healthcare 1199NW: EVERETT (Dec. 6, 2017) — After taking action for more than a year to call on Providence Home Health Care...
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 THIS WASHINGTON ► In today’s Seattle Times — Delays in Congress threaten health coverage for thousands of Washington children — With health-insurance...
Social Security, Medicare, veterans, health care are all on chopping block By JEFF JOHNSON (Dec. 6, 2017) — Last week I wrote an article for...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 IMMIGRATION ► From The Hill — Supreme Court allows full Trump travel Muslim ban to take effect — The Supreme Court on Monday gave...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 5, 2017) — In the wee hours of the morning, under the cover of darkness, Senate Republicans chose to put corporations and the...
Support employees by attending Wednesday’s Community Rally in Everett, calling CEO The following is from SEIU HealthCare 1199NW: EVERETT — The nurses and caregivers at...
The following is from the Washington State Budget & Policy Center: SEATTLE — Strong communities, healthy families, opportunities to thrive: these are the kinds of things we...