The following is from the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, IFPTE Local 2001: SEATTLE (Sept. 30, 2014) — The Boeing Company’s decision to move...
By JEFF JOHNSON (Sept. 29, 2014) — A week ago Sunday more than 400,000 people, including 10,000-plus union members, marched through the streets of New York...
SEATTLE (Sept. 22, 2014) — Following are Washington State Labor Council President Jeff Johnson’s comments at the People’s Climate Rally on Sept. 21 in Seattle: Hello,...
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...