(Oct. 20, 2017) — Ballots for the November election were mailed this week by Washington’s county auditors. Union members and their families are urged to fill...
OLYMPIA (Oct. 17, 2017) — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, the state’s largest labor organization which represents some 450,000 union members from more than 600...
Public employee unions: Supreme Court’s Janus case will further rig U.S. economy against workers WASHINGTON (Sept. 28, 2017) — The following statement was issued Thursday...
SEATTLE (Sept. 26, 2017) — Back in June, the University of Washington issued a working paper about Seattle’s minimum wage increase that found more people were...
Union member volunteers are needed in critical State Senate race KIRKLAND (Sept. 14, 2017) — A critical election this fall for state senator in the...
(Sept. 6, 2017) — The following statement was released Tuesday by Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, regarding President Trump’s announcement that...
The following guest column appears in today’s edition of The Seattle Times. By JEFF JOHNSON (Sept. 4, 2017) — My sisters and I grew up during...
Labor Day is Monday, Sept. 4. This is a day to recognize and honor the achievements of America’s working people. As this Labor Day message sponsored...
The following is from Labor 411: Labor Day is the unofficial end of Summer, and it shouldn’t take a lot of… er… labor to make it...
The following story appears in the Washington State Labor Council’s 2017 Legislative Report published in August. By KATHARINE WEISS Amid threats from the Republican Congress and...