WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 10, 2018) — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 27, 2018) — The following statement was released today by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME,...
Fairness for Farmworkers Act would phase out this discriminatory exclusion WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 25, 2018) — For the last 80 years, farm workers —who often...
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...