By JOHN BURBANK (Feb. 12, 2015) — If your friend told you that she could get a payday loan of $700, and that the interest would...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 STATE GOVERNMENT ► At IAM 751’s blog — Machinists testify on wage standards for tax breaks — “I believed that...
Taxpayers are subsidizing low-wage, job-cutting aerospace companies Today’s edition of the WSLC Legislative Update newsletter: OLYMPIA (Feb. 10, 2015) — As George W. Bush reminded...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 THE THREAT OF T.P.P. ► MUST-READ in today’s Seattle Times — The Trans-Pacific Partnership, written in secrecy, could cost U.S....
The following is from the Office of the Attorney General: SEATTLE (Feb. 10, 2015) — Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed criminal charges in...
Monday, February 9, 2015 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In the (Everett) Herald — Lawmakers may put conditions on aerospace tax breaks — A group of...
By LEO W. GERARD (Feb. 9, 2015) — In Anacortes, Wash., last week, approximately 200 Tesoro workers began picketing the oil refinery where an explosion incinerated seven...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Postal Service’s announcement of its financial results for the last calendar quarter of 2014 show an operating profit of $1.1 billion...
Friday, February 6, 2015 PORT NEGOTIATIONS ► From ILWU — ILWU president blasts PMA threat to shut down U.S. ports — LWU President Robert...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 6, 2015) — Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) on Thursday applauded the National Labor Relations Board’s efforts to protect the rights of fast-food workers...