UPDATED (Mar. 16) — More than 100 community and labor activists, including members of Washington YELL (Young Emerging Labor Leaders), joined Space Needle workers March 15...
TODAY’S MUST-READ ► In Sunday’s Seattle Times — Budget coup that really wasn’t (Danny Westneat column) — The 25 senators who wrested control from the...
The following press release was distributed Saturday, March 10 by the Jay Inslee for Washington campaign. Inslee is the labor-endorsed candidate for governor. Jay Inslee announces...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Olympian — Legislature fails to reach deal; special session starts Monday— A disappointed Gov. Chris Gregoire is calling the Legislature...
Registration is now open for the Washington State Labor Education and Research Center’s 2nd Annual 2012 Emerging Leaders Conference and Bread & Roses Project on April...
WHAT ABOUT JOBS?! ► In today’s Olympian — Partisan budget snaggle leads to special session — Meanwhile, negotiators also are working on a bipartisan capital...
By TERESA MOSQUEDA Health care consumers scored a significant, historic victory with last week’s Senate passage of HB 2319, which implements the Affordable Care Act in...
OLYMPIA (March 7) — Amid the state budget drama of the past week and the prospect of an extended special legislative session, one critically important issue...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Bellingham Herald — Proposal to merge educators’ health care comes under attack— About 250 educators and their supporters rallied at...
By REP. CHRIS REYKDAL It began like any other cut-off afternoon in Olympia complete with legislators, lobbyists, and staff scrambling to ensure that priority bills do,...