Tuesday, July 29, 2014 MEDICARE & SOCIAL SECURITY ► In the Washington Post — Medicare finances improve partly due to ACA, trustee report says...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 29, 2015) — In a rare display of bipartisan cooperation, the U.S. Congress has approved and last week President Obama signed new legislation...
BURIEN (July 29, 2014) — Some 800 nurses and healthcare workers represented by SEIU HealthCare 1199NW at Highline Medical Center helped ensure quality care through a...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 28, 2014) — Across America, state budgets are being balanced on the backs of current and former public employees by breaking commitments to...
Monday, July 28, 2014 CORPORATE DESERTERS ► In today’s NY Times — Corporate artful dodgers — Apologists for “inversion,” the tax-avoidance strategy du jour,...
Friday, July 25, 2014 AIRLINES ► In today’s News Tribune — Alaska Air Group announces record second quarter earnings — Earnings were up 50 percent...
SEATAC (July 25, 2014) — More than 200 Sea-Tac Airport workers at Bags, Inc., who are contracted by Alaska Air Group to provide wheelchair and other passenger...
UPDATE — IAM President Tom Buffenbarger is demanding an apology from Boeing CEO Jim McNerney for his “unfunny and unnecessary remarks.” The following is crossposted from...
Thursday, July 24, 2014 BOEING ► In the P.S. Business Journal — SPEEA claims Boeing engaged in age discrimination on ‘breathtaking scale’ — The...
The following is from Adjuncts and Contingents Together Washington, a project of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 925: SEATTLE — In a resounding victory,...