STATE GOVERNMENT â–ş In today’s Seattle Times — Gregoire begins contract talks with state employees — Neither the governor nor the WFSE would comment on...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (May 3) — Thousands of working families are gathering outside the Verizon shareholder meeting here this morning, to protest the company’s “VeriGreedy” treatment of...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 2) — In 2010, 4,690 workers were killed on the job – an average of 13 workers every day – and an estimated...
MAY DAY â–ş In today’s Seattle Times — Occupy movement strike a chord in Seattle — Given the kitchen-table concerns of Americans like them, Barbara Strindberg...
UPDATE (May 15) — Check out TVW coverage of the candidate speeches at the Washington State Labor Council COPE Convention on May 5: UPDATE (May 5) —...
MAY DAY â–ş From AP — World’s workers express anger, gloom on May Day — Taking the baton from Asia, where unions demanded wage increases...
A message from the Editor: Today on May Day 2012, The Stand celebrates its first anniversary online. I have been truly amazed — and grateful —...
WENATCHEE — Time is running out to register for the 2012 “Meeting of the Minds” Conference, sponsored by the Project Help program, where participants will learn...
PILING ON â–ş In today’s Seattle Times — Governor must drive harder bargain with state employees (editorial) — On Wednesday, the state begins negotiating with...
The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now: Twenty years ago, when the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) was founded, “you could almost count the number...