(Dec. 5) — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, the state’s largest union organization representing the interests of some 400,000 rank-and-file union members, continues to urge...
The following article by Kelly Ross is cross-posted from AFL-CIO Now, with the author’s permission: Just a few days after the election, House Speaker John Boehner...
SEATTLE (Nov. 27) — According to a new report released by the AFL-CIO, 1,089,887 Washington state residents could be negatively impacted if Congress attempts cuts to...
UPDATE (Nov. 21) — Your calls to Congress are making a difference! But as lame-duck debt-reduction negotiations intensify, we also need to intensify our efforts to...
(Nov. 19) — Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is urging his colleagues in the U.S. Senate to sign a letter to President Obama that urges provisions be...
UPDATE (Nov. 16) — Also at AFL-CIO Now — Trumka: Bain-style tactics by Hostess are ‘wrecking America’ — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: What’s happening with Hostess...
(Oct. 6) — As Congress negotiates yet another deficit-reduction deal to avoid the year-end “fiscal cliff,” 29 U.S. Senators — including Washington state’s Patty Murray and...
UPDATE (Oct. 9) — In The Hill — Obama dedicates César Chávez memorial — While not a campaign event, hints of the president’s reelection efforts filtered...
The following press release was distributed Tuesday by the AFL-CIO: WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 2) — The AFL-CIO endorsed a nationwide consumer boycott of American Crystal Sugar...
Following is a news release from David Yao of the Greater Seattle Area Local of the American Postal Workers Union: (Sept. 28) — The U.S. Postal...