SEATTLE (May 2, 2014) — On May Day, Mayor Ed Murray announced a plan endorsed by both labor and business groups to raise the city’s minimum...
The following report appears in the latest edition of the Washington State Employee newsletter produced by the Washington Federation of State Employees, AFSCME Council 28: (April...
The following is from SEIU Healthcare 1199NW: SPOKANE VALLEY (April 25, 2014) — About 1,000 nurses and healthcare workers at Valley and Deaconess Hospitals, members of...
SEATTLE — Rising inequality. Unions on the defensive. A new minimum wage. Rallies and marches. More and more, the headlines of today center on the workplace....
The following is from Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), IFPTE Local 2001: PALMDALE, Calif. (April 21, 2014) — After a 13-year battle, 484...
SEATTLE — The fight to achieve a $15 minimum wage in Seattle reaches a critical juncture this week. Either the Mayor’s Income Inequality Advisory Committee (IIAC)...
(April 18, 2014) — Across Washington state, Worker Memorial Day commemorations will soon be held to honor and remember those who were hurt or killed on...
(April 16, 2014) — Don’t miss renowned labor singer Anne Feeney and riot-folk troubadour Evan Greer as their “Carry It On” Tour, a multigenerational activist music...
SEATTLE (April 10, 2014) — Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 and other supporters of public transit in King County turned out for a rally...
(April 10, 2014) — In the coming months, there are several great opportunities for union members interested in expanding their labor education and developing leadership skills....