(April 22, 2016) — Each year at its annual convention, the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO presents awards recognizing the efforts and accomplishments of specific union...
(April 21, 2016) — Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, appeared on the PBS Newshour Thursday night to explain why organized labor...
Thursday, April 21, 2016 BOEING ► From Bloomberg — Boeing stock falls as analyst says 787 profit goal ‘unachievable’ –Boeing stock tumbled Wednesday after an...
Each year on Worker Memorial Day, April 28, working people throughout the world remember those who were hurt or killed on the job, and renew our...
By DAVID GROVES (April 21, 2016) — Bloomberg reports that Boeing Co. shares tumbled Wednesday after an analyst downgraded the stock to “underperform” and said the...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ► In the Boston Globe — Special interest groups want to privatize the VA and nobody is paying...
TACOMA (April 20, 2016) — Last weekend, the Washington State Nurses Association launched “Patients Before Profits” TV ads in Tacoma — featuring local unit superhero Renata...
By JOHN BURBANK (April 20, 2016) — What is the value of work? Is it what you get paid? Economists trained to embrace the private market...
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 LOCAL ► From Slog — UW report on minimum wage shows ‘little or no evidence’ of price increases in Seattle...
By JOHN BOYLE and MICHAEL HUREAUX (April 19, 2016) — Of all the language-twisting political slogans of our time, few have had so long a lease...