Paid sick leave, minimum wage bills introduced Today’s edition of the WSLC Legislative Update newsletter: OLYMPIA (Jan. 20, 2015) — Last week, a bill-sponsorship event...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 MLK DAY ► In today’s Seattle Times — Race issues and recent police clashes at heart of MLK rally —...
Monday, January 19, 2015 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In the Tri-City Herald — State legislators told to expect longtime hits from export slowdown — “There...
PRESIDENT’S REPORT By JEFF JOHNSON (Jan. 19, 2015) — As we celebrate the life and work of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King today and as...
UPDATE (Jan. 23, 2015) — Here is news coverage of Thursday’s community rallies: ► From KOMO News — ‘We just want to work:’ Rallying cry for...
PREFACE by Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO: The following opinion piece is by my co-chair of the Washington State BlueGreen Alliance,...
Friday, January 16, 2015 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Seattle Times —Bills to raise minimum wage, require paid sick days introduced in Olympia —...
By JOHN BURBANK (Jan. 16, 2015) — Now that the Legislature is back at work, they have to find the revenues for K-12 education, for higher...
By DAVID GROVES (Jan. 16, 2015) — If the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. were alive today, right-wing conservatives would be doing their best to brand...
Thursday, January 15, 2015 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In the Seattle Times — State at critical crossroads, Inslee tells split lawmakers — Gov. Jay Inslee...