The following is from the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, IFPTE 2001: (Sept. 18, 2013) — Now that the immigration reform debate has shifted...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 TUNNEL DISPUTE ► In today’s Seattle Times — Gov. Inslee steps into tunnel labor dispute — Gov. Jay Inslee spent...
OLYMPIA (Sept. 17, 2013) –The Senate Republican Coalition Caucus’s “listening sessions” about the need for a transportation funding package kick off tonight in Bellevue amid a...
Monday, September 16, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► From AP — Dozens of Washington bridges have multiple red flags — Dozens of bridges in Washington...
By JOHN BURBANK (Sept. 16, 2013) — The other day I went onto the Washington Health Benefit Exchange website to look at the actual costs for...
Friday, September 13, 2013 LOCAL ► In today’s Seattle Times — High court rejects Kemper Freeman’s attempt to stop I-90 light rail — The...
UPDATE (Sept. 18, 2013 — by WSLC President Jeff Johnson) — More than 100 labor and community members rallied outside the Federal Building in Seattle on...
SEATAC (Sept. 13, 2013) — Multinational corporations, the Washington Restaurant Association, airline and rental car CEOs have tried everything to keep SeaTac Proposition 1, the Good...
Thursday, September 12, 2013 AFL-CIO CONVENTION ► At AFL-CIO Now — Convention calls for fixes in Affordable Care Act — Delegates passed Resolution 54 expressing...
Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, send the following letter this summer to all WSLC-affiliated unions: The Unemployment Law Project (ULP) needs...