SPOKANE (Aug. 15, 2014) — After campaigning since December 2012, including a strike in sub-zero weather, nurses and hospital workers have won an agreement with Valley...
By DAVID GROVES (Aug. 15, 2014) — An employer lockout of union workers that has dragged on for nearly 18 months is headed toward resolution this...
Thursday, August 14, 2014 MISSION NOT ACCOMPLISHED ► From AP — State jobless rate falls to 5.6 percent for month of July — Washington...
By HILARY STERN Special to The Stand OLYMPIA (Aug. 14, 2014) — Beginning in 2007, Orlando Ventura Reyes went to work every night — scheduled for...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 LOCAL ► In today’s Columbian — Tentative agreement in NW grain terminal dispute — A bitter two-year labor dispute that...
VANCOUVER, Wash. (Aug. 13, 2014) — A tentative contract agreement covering Pacific Northwest grain terminals — and potentially ending the nearly 18-month lockout of grain workers...
By JOHN BURBANK (Aug. 13, 2014) — Was there an election last week? Well, yes there was, but most people seemed to be more interested in...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 LOCAL ► This morning at the Oregonian — Grain handlers, longshore union reach late-night agreement — A long-running lockout marked...
By MARK MOSHAY (Aug. 12, 2014) — We’ve all heard the plea from a convicted criminal, “I was framed!” Although many guilty persons make that claim,...
The following is crossposted from Machinists (IAM) District 751: TUKWILA (Aug. 12, 2014) — Workers who forge essential components used on aircraft, drilling rigs and ships...