Support state employees at a Stand Up for Washington event near you OLYMPIA — Washington’s state employees are our hard-working friends and neighbors who keep...
By JOHN BURBANK (April 6, 2017) — As a young girl, my daughter had a fear of flying. She overcame this through a thorough study of...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 6, 2017) — Time is running out for more than 22,000 retired members and their families. Unless Congress acts before April 30 to...
(March 9, 2017) — March is the month that most Washington state legislators schedule town hall meetings. After a busy week of floor action that ended...
By AMY WOODWARD The Stand (Mar. 2, 2017) — Many of you have heard of the Union Summer internship program, but have you had the opportunity...
(Feb. 13, 2017) — Why not give your valentine some union-made sweets this Feb. 14, toast your love with champagne that carries a union label, or...
The following is from the National Immigration Law Center. The NILC website has a versión en español — Chinese:* Traditional • Simplified (PDF) — Arabic* (PDF) — Korean* (PDF):...
By STAN SORSCHER OLYMPIA (Feb. 8, 2017) — We should see “Right-to-Work” legislation for what it really is. It’s about power, not rights. Workers have surprisingly...
State, federal legislation introduced to cripple labor movement By DAVID GROVES The Stand (Feb. 2, 2017) — Republicans in the Washington State Legislature and Congress...
OLYMPIA (Dec. 14, 2016) — Gov. Jay Inslee released his 2017-19 biennial budget proposal Tuesday, opening the debate on how state government can respond to the...