TOWN HALL MEETING SATURDAY IN TUKWILA For 10 days now, hundreds of truck drivers at the Port of Seattle, many of them African immigrants, have...
SEATTLE (Feb. 7) — UNITE HERE Local 8 members have been in negotiations with the Edgewater Hotel and the Seattle Hilton for many months, where workers...
Longtime labor activist and social justice champion Don Briscoe passed away at home on Monday, Jan. 30 after a short bout with cancer. Briscoe advocated for...
The following was published by the Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports and is crossposted here with the author’s permission. SEATTLE (Feb. 2) — Monday mornings...
By DAVID GROVES The Stand OLYMPIA (Jan. 29) — “We must no longer allow Washington to be one of the ten most expensive states in which...
On Friday, Jan. 27, show solidarity with Ruby Ridge dairy workers and their supporters by joining them as they present petitions to Darigold urging the company...
The following press release has been distributed by the office of Gov. Chris Gregoire: OLYMPIA (Jan. 23) — Gov. Chris Gregoire today announced that EGT and...
SEATTLE — Several hundred residents of Seattle’s International District attended a packed-house forum on Jan. 13 about the imminent closure of two local Social Security Administration...
In November, Cooper Tire locked out 1,051 members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 207L at its profitable Findlay, Ohio, plant despite the union’s good-faith offer to...
SEATTLE — The Hilton Seattle is entertaining prospective buyers right now, and union workers are in danger of being replaced with poverty-wage jobs. So UNITE HERE...