Tuesday, January 24, 2017 LOCAL ► In today’s Seattle Times — Misnamed ‘right-to-work’ laws exploit workers (by Linda Averill and Kirk Duncan) — Jeff...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 24, 2017) — President Donald Trump formally abandoned the embattled Trans-Pacific Partnership on Monday, a proposed 12-nation deal on trade and corporate rights...
Monday, January 23, 2017 WOMEN’S MARCHES ► In the Seattle Times — Record Seattle crowd asserts women’s rights: ‘Trump has galvanized everybody’ —...
By LYNNE DODSON “Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually...
By JEFF JOHNSON SEATTLE (Jan. 23, 2017) — Over this past weekend, the United States once again witnessed the peaceful democratic transition of power from one...
After 10 years, a bipartisan effort on family, medical, military leave OLYMPIA (Jan. 23, 2017) — In 2007, when Democrats controlled Washington’s House, Senate and...
Friday, January 20, 2017 THIS WASHINGTON ► From EOI — Strong show of support for paid family and medical leave in House Labor Committee...
(Jan. 20, 2017) — The following letter was sent this week to Washington’s congressional delegation. It was signed by dozens of organizations throughout the state that...
Thursday, January 19, 2017 LOCAL ► In today’s Seattle Times — Labor leader Teresa Mosqueda announces run for Seattle City Council — Teresa Mosqueda,...
By JEFF JOHNSON OLYMPIA (Jan. 19, 2017) — Washington voters overwhelmingly passed Initiative 1433, so our state minimum wage just rose to $11 per hour and...