The following is from AFL-CIO Now: (April 15, 2016) — Working people at Verizon are on strike. After months of negotiations with the telecommunications giant, they’ve...
Split Supreme Court turns back right-wing Friedrichs attack on labor WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 29, 2016) — The U.S. Supreme Court today announced a 4-4 tie...
SEATTLE (March 11, 2016) — The Metropolitan King County Council’s Government Accountability and Oversight Committee voted unanimously (3-0) on Tuesday for a report on the potential...
UPDATE (Feb. 9, 2016) — Online registration is now closed for the WSLC Legislative Reception and Lobbying Conference on Thursday night and Friday. But union officers,...
(Dec. 18, 2015) — The following guest column was published in today’s edition of The Seattle Times: By JEFF JOHNSON The public has finally been permitted...
Council unanimously OKs drivers’ bargaining rights; bill heads to mayor’s desk UPDATE (1 p.m., Dec. 15, 2015) — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka released the following...
PORTLAND, Ore. (Dec. 15, 2015) — Some of the hardworking utility workers who’ve been battling to keep your power on amid this winter’s wind and rain...
Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, was part of the labor delegation that attended the Paris Climate Conference (COP 21) on Dec....
The following is from the Northwest Accountability Project: SEATTLE (Dec. 8, 2015) — A broad coalition of community organizations in Washington and Oregon announced Monday that...
UPDATE — WFSE reports that Gov. Jay Inslee got your message and on Dec. 17 delivered a 2016 supplemental budget proposal that reflects the many messages...