State’s unions warned of cuts before trillion-dollar tax giveaway was OK’d WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 20, 2018) — After exploding deficit spending with their $1.4 trillion...
State-based plan would allow flexibility for states to create own plans SEATTLE (June 12, 2018) — U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-7th), joined by elected officials...
SEATTLE (June 12, 2018) — At Monday’s press conference unveiling Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2018, Washington State Labor Council Secretary Treasurer Lynne...
The following is from Social Security Works: WASHINGTON D.C. (June 11, 2018) — The 2018 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and...
(June 5, 2018) — The following story was originally published in WSLC Reports Today, the Washington State Labor Council’s news service that preceded The Stand, and...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (June 1, 2018) — Flight-readiness technicians and inspectors at Boeing’s factory in North Charleston, S.C., voted 104-65 on Thursday to unionize with the International...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The AFL-CIO on Wednesday announced a major national print and digital ad campaign calling on workers to join together in the face of continued...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 30, 2018) — Last Friday on the House floor, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-7th) delivered a passionate defense of organized labor, collective bargaining,...
WASHINGON, D.C. (May 29, 2018) — In a classic pre-holiday Friday news dump, President Trump signed three executive orders late Friday undermining the rights of civil...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 22, 2018) — The U.S. Senate will vote this week on the VA Mission Act (S. 2372), a bill designed to dismantle and...