As the new congressional Supercommittee!™ debates how to cut federal spending by $1.5 trillion in the next decade, hanging in the balance are the lives of...
VERIZON STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS ► At AFL-CIO Now — Striking Verizon workers to return to work Tuesday — The 45,000 striking Verizon workers, represented by the...
UPDATE (Aug. 20): The CWA and IBEW announced today: “Members of CWA and IBEW at Verizon Communications will return to work on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at...
LOCAL ► In today’s Tri-City Herald — 1,100 Hanford layoffs planned — The Department of Energy has authorized its environmental cleanup contractors at Hanford to...
By Jeff Johnson In these economic times, when an opportunity to attract a $600 million private-sector investment in our state’s export infrastructure presents itself, we’d better...
LOCAL ► In today’s Peninsula Daily News — Judge adds 30 days to strike ban at Olympic Medical Center — A Kitsap County Superior Court...
By John Burbank While watching Congress and the president wrangle over the fake crisis of raising the debt ceiling, the Department of Agriculture reported that 45.8...
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS WIN! ► In today’s Seattle Times — Voters back tunnel; mayor concedes defeat — Start digging. After more than a decade of wrangling...
UPDATE — Solidarity Actions on Saturday and Sunday! — On SATURDAY, Aug. 20 at 9 a.m., Fred Meyer Worker Solidarity Actions will be held at the...
The Washington State Labor Council has posted comprehensive coverage of its 2011 Convention, held Aug. 4-6 at the SeaTac DoubleTree Hotel, at its website. TVW, Washington...