SEATTLE (Sept. 22, 2014) — After organizing to join UNITE HERE Local 8, food service workers at Seattle University overwhelmingly ratified their first union contract on...
The following is from SEIU HealthCare 1199NW: (Sept. 19, 2014) — Citing concerns over safety for both patients and staff, nurses at Western State Hospital held...
By RICHARD TRUMKA (Sept. 8, 2014) — AFL-CIO has been calling on the White House to halt unnecessary deportations since spring 2013. Our dysfunctional and antiquated...
TACOMA — Union members and community supporters in the Tacoma area are urged to attend Healthy Tacoma’s citizens forum on the passage of a city ordinance...
(Aug. 28, 2014) — Labor’s Voice, the Washington State Labor Council’s grassroots political action program, is continuing to reach out to voters across the state and...
SEATTLE (Aug. 27, 2014) — The Seattle office of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, has moved from its lower Queen Anne location — where the...
By DAVID GROVES The Stand OLYMPIA (Aug. 6, 2014) — The right-wing extremist Freedom Foundation is urging its supporters today to protest contract negotiations between the...
WENATCHEE (August 1, 2014) — Every year, hundreds of delegates representing unions from throughout the state gather at the convention of the Washington State Labor Council,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 2, 2014) — Over the past two decades, Americans have flatly rejected Republican-led efforts to cut Social Security benefits or to dismantle the...
By J. DAVID COX (June 18, 2014) — There’s been lots of debate and discussion lately about how to shore up Social Security for future generations....