Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, is part of the labor delegation attending the Paris Climate Conference, advocating for policies that aggressively...
By JEFF JOHNSON (Dec. 4, 2015) — Brothers and Sisters, today I leave to join the labor delegation to the 2015 Paris Climate Conference. The labor...
(Dec. 3, 2015) — This week, the United States’ most-favored trading partners in South Korea are quashing that nation’s labor unions. In order to block a...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 19, 2015) — The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the “Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act” (H.R. 511), legislation opposed by the AFL-CIO...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 12, 2015) — It’s been more than five years since the AFL-CIO asked working women about their priorities and experiences. With the economy in...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 6, 2015) — On Thursday, Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and 14 of their colleagues introduced legislation to...
(Nov. 5, 2015) — Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO President Jeff Johnson and Secretary Treasurer Lynne Dodson released the following joint statement in response to today’s...
By DAVID GROVES The Stand (Oct. 28, 2015) –It’s been 23 days since a deal was reached to reshape the rules governing roughly 40 percent of...
(Oct. 12, 2015) — Trade ministers for the 12 Pacific Rim nations who have been negotiating the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) say they have reached an...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 8, 2015) — On Wednesday, the White House and the Department of Labor brought together workers, labor leaders, advocates, forward-leaning employers, members of...