SEATTLE —Today’s news coverage of the “grim, dismal” outlook for the nation’s most important and popular social insurance system belies the truth about the relative health...
MayWorks, a celebration of workers’ culture being organized this year by Washington’s labor movement, was kicked off at the 2nd Annual Emerging Leaders Conference hosted by...
In early May, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk will host the 12th round of negotiations of the TransPacific Free Trade Agreement (known as the TPP) in...
ALEC UPDATE â–ş In the NY Times — Conservative nonprofit ALEC acts as stealth business lobbyist — Most recent attention has focused on ALEC’s role...
Aminul Islam, a Bangladeshi labor rights activist and former apparel worker, was tortured and murdered in early April in Dhaka. His body, which bore signs of...
‘MEDISCARE HOOEY’ â–ş In today’s Columbian — Herrera Beutler Medicare flier’s claims challenged — The flier, which cost the government $37,000 to print and distribute,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 19) — Corporate executive officers of S&P 500 Index companies received an average of $12.9 million in pay in 2011 — a 14%...
BOEING â–ş In today’s (Everett) Herald — Boeing, SPEEA get jump on talks — Representatives of the Boeing Co. and negotiators for the the Society...
SEATTLE — The next six months will bring millions of tourists to Seattle, but tourism workers have nothing to celebrate. This Saturday, April 21, the city...
BELLEVUE — On Monday. April 16, about 75 union members and labor activists protested T-Mobile’s decision to close down seven call centers around the United States,...