The following was distributed Friday by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 21: (Sept. 20, 2013) — Grocery store workers across Puget Sound have been in...
Friday, September 20, 2013 OUR CONGRESS ► From AP — House poised to pass spending bill defunding Obamacare — The House on Friday is...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 20, 1013) — On a 217-210 vote that fell largely along party lines, House Republicans narrowly approved cutting about $39 billion in funding for...
The following article by Kenneth Quinnell is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now: In a song called “New Slaves” from his recently released album, controversial rapper Kanye West...
Thursday, September 19, 2013 TODAY’S MUST-READ ► In The Stranger — Face-Plant: The ‘small business’ face of campaign to oppose higher minimum wage —...
TUKWILA (Sept. 19, 2013) — Darigold walked out of federal mediation late Monday night, according to Teamsters Local 117, setting the stage for a potential lockout or...
The following is from the Main Street Alliance of Washington: SEATTLE (Sept. 19, 2013) — As Congress enters a season of major budget battles including the...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 LOCAL ► In today’s Seattle Times — Tunnel-digger Bertha heading back to work — The stranded Highway 99 tunnel machine...
By JEFF JOHNSON The Stand BELLEVUE (Sept. 18, 2013) — It was standing room only at Stevenson Elementary School as more than 400 people squeezed into...
By DAVID GROVES The Stand OLYMPIA (Sept. 17, 2013) — The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) on Monday proposed an average 2.7 percent...