BOEING ► At IAM 751’s blog — Boeing, Machinists move forward together in Renton — Boeing is “spending money on detailed floor plans and placing...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 14) — In a move that demonstrates how aggressively Congressional Republicans are fighting to slash federal and postal workers’ pension and retirement benefits,...
SEATTLE (Feb. 13) — About 300 port workers, faith leaders, and community members rallied in support of short-haul truck drivers — mostly immigrants from East Africa,...
WHAT VOTERS WANT ► In The Hill — Voters list job creation measures as top priority — Forty-five percent felt the budget’s primary focus should...
The following press release has been distributed by the United Steelworkers union: ANACORTES, Wash. — United Steelworkers (USW) union members at Tesoro’s Anacortes facility are rallying...
Here is today’s edition of the Washington State Labor Council’s Legislative Update newsletter: OLYMPIA (Feb. 13) — U.S. job creation finally began to pick up speed...
ELECTION ► At TheOlympian.com — Washington State Labor Council endorses Inslee, Cantwell, Ferguson— The Washington State Labor Council is giving an early campaign endorsement to...
TOWN HALL MEETING SATURDAY IN TUKWILA For 10 days now, hundreds of truck drivers at the Port of Seattle, many of them African immigrants, have...
The Washington State Labor Council distributed the following press release: OLYMPIA (Feb. 9) — Emphasizing the importance of this fall’s elections, hundreds of Washington State Labor...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Seattle Times — 3 big health insurers stockpile $2.4 billion as rates keep rising — Nonprofit health-insurance companies in Washington...