Tuesday, July 14, 2015 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Seattle Times — Transportation package: a rare moment of compromise in the U.S. (by Rep....
Monday, July 13, 2015 LOCAL ► In the Skagit Valley Herald — Unions, labor leaders march to support Sakuma farmworkers — About 250 people...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 13, 2015) — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement today in response to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s formal announcement of his...
By JEFF JOHNSON BURLINGTON, Wash. (July 13, 2015) — Sakuma escucha, estamos en la lucha! Driscoll escucha, estamos en la lucha! On Saturday, July 11 these...
Friday, July 10, 2015 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Spokesman-Review — Senate OKs delaying I-1351 — With no votes to spare, the Senate on...
The following is from Latino Advocacy: BURLINGTON, Wash. (July 10, 2015) — Recent tensions over increasingly difficult and varying standards to make a minimum wage has...
Thursday, July 9, 2015 TRADE ► From The Hill — Obama aims to heal Dem wounds — Obama invited all Senate Democrats to the...
SEATTLE (July 9, 2015) — Lori Province, Field Mobilization Director for the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, has announced that she will retire in November. She...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In the PSBJ — Quincy could get 2 or 3 more data centers after lawmakers pass tax...
OLYMPIA (July 8, 2015) — Gov. Jay Inslee signed the 2015-17 General Government contract with the Washington Federation of State Employees, AFSCME Council 28 on Monday,...