SEATTLE — Fast-food and other low-wage workers from McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell, Subway and other chains across Seattle will participate in a first-ever national strike...
Monday, August 26, 2013 LOCAL ► In the (Everett) Herald — End the delay: Export terminal mean jobs (by UTU’s Herb Krohn) — The state...
TACOMA — Some 40,000 breadwinners in Tacoma — or 2 in 5 workers — have no paid sick leave. That means when they or their children...
SEATTLE (Aug. 26, 2013) — Licensed Massage Practitioners at the Seattle-based Massage Bar, Inc. voted last week by an overwhelming margin to form a union with...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 LOCAL ► In today’s Skagit Valley Herald — Berry pickers call for boycott of Sakuma products — Workers from Sakuma...
SEATTLE (Aug. 21, 2013) — Since The Stand first reported that controversial Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) would be headlining a Seattle fundraiser for a local...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 TODAY’S MUST-READ ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — Farmers, workers and cultivating dignity (by the Revs. Josefina Beecher and Paul...
UPDATED to add Labor Day Picnic in Kennewick. Labor Day is a celebration of the incredible contributions of America’s working people. Through sweat, sacrifice and innovation,...
RENTON — These past few weeks have been action-packed. Workers across industries are standing up to live better and realizing that their struggles are united. In...
Monday, August 19, 2013 MINIMUM WAGE ► From AP — Campaign seeks to push Seattle minimum wage to $15 an hour — Washington already...