By JOHN BURBANK (June 5, 2013) — The kids are all right. And so are their grandparents. Why? Because Social Security is there — for all...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Spokesman-Review — State budget resolution still no closer — Senate Democratic Leader Ed Murray of...
OLYMPIA (June 4, 2013) — Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, sent the following communication to all members of the State Legislature and...
Monday, June 3, 2013 AEROSPACE ► In the PS Business Journal — Puget Sound loses as Boeing opens engineering center in South Carolina —...
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Alliance for Retired Americans Executive Director Edward Coyle issued this joint statement Friday on the 2013 Social Security and Medicare Trustees...
Friday, May 31, 2013 FAST-FOOD STRIKES ► At Slog — “Supersize my salary now!” — That was the rallying cry as around 200 demonstrators,...
By JEFF JOHNSON (May 31, 2013) — Hey hey, ho ho, these low wages, have got to go! Forget the burger, forget the fries, it’s time...
By DAVID GROVES The Stand OLYMPIA (May 31, 2013) — The government faces an imminent deadline to approve legislation that isn’t particularly controversial, but one political...
Thursday, May 30, 2013 LOCAL ► In today’s Columbian — Bellingham nurses stage protest at PeaceHealth’s Vancouver HQ — Hospital nurses locked in a...
UPDATE (10 a.m., May 30) — @WorkingWA Twitter feed: Two Subway locations, including in Capitol Hill, forced to close due to strike. #strikepoverty (9 a.m.) —...