As Tesoro continues to appeal fines and deny responsibility for the 2010 Anacortes refinery explosion, the victims’ families say “it still hurts deeply.” (Dec. 15, 2016)...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 8, 2016) — President-elect Donald Trump is expected to announce today that he has named fast-food executive Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 5, 2016) — Negative reaction was swift and harsh after the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday that it has awarded Norwegian Air...
The following is from AFL-CIO Now: (Dec. 1, 2016) — Since Donald Trump won the election, nearly 900 incidents of violence, hate speech and harassment have...
The following is from AFL-CIO Now: (Nov. 28, 2016) — In a shocking and wrongly-decided opinion, a U.S. district court judge in the Eastern District of...
SEATTLE (Nov. 21, 2016) — The following statement has been posted by the Washington Fair Trade Coalition: The announcement that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will be...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 16, 2016) — The U.S. Postal Service released its annual report on Tuesday, and as always, news coverage would have you believe that...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 9, 2016) — The following statement was issued today by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: Donald Trump has been elected president. America is a...
The following is crossposted (with permission) from the Northwest Labor Press. (Nov. 3, 2016) — At a time when just 6.7 percent of America’s private sector...
(Oct. 27, 2016) — Advocates for trade policies that bolster people and not just profits have successfully stalled a vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership for more...