Tuesday, May 31, 2016 LOCAL Washington State Labor Council Secretary Treasurer Lynne Dodson visited Gary Swartz of Machinists Union Local Lodge 86 on the...
Friday, May 27, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► From AP — Eyman’s tax-limiting initiative unconstitutional, state Supreme Court says — The high court said Initiative...
Thursday, May 26, 2016 LOCAL ► From IAM Eastern WA Facebook page — Spokane labor movement backs Triumph strikers — The Spokane Regional Labor...
UPDATE (June 24, 2016) — This is it. Thank you to all of you who gathered signatures for Initiative 1433, the important effort to raise the...
Memorial Day — this Monday, May 30 — is a day set aside for remembering the people who died while serving in the United States armed...
OLYMPIA (May 25, 2016) — A portion of State Route 509 leading into the Port of Tacoma will be named in honor of the late Philip...
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 GREEN RIVER STRIKE ► From AFT Washington — YOU are invited to End-of-Strike Rally at Green River College — AFT...
Following is an open letter from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 25, 2016) — It’s been more than eight years since Wall Street sent...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 LOCAL ► From KPLU — Green River College faculty on strike over proposed cuts — Faculty members at Green River...
By LYNNE DODSON AUBURN (May 24, 2016) — I will never cross a picket line. Yesterday, hundreds of members of the Green River United Faculty Coalition/AFT...