SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE ► At AFL-CIO Now — Tell your Senators CPI changes are scam to cut Social Security –There’s a plan floating around...
LOCAL ► In today’s (Longview) Daily News — ILWU takes Port protest to commissioners’ meeting — Union dock workers continued their protest of proposed hiring...
LOCAL ► In today’s (Longview) Daily News — Port protest leads to trespassing citations for dozens of longshore workers –About 100 union dock workers, including...
CAREENING TOWARD THE CLIFF ► In The Hill — Labor angered by Obama’s willingness to cut Social Security in debt ceiling deal — President Obama’s...
TRADE ► From Reuters — U.S. trade bills advance, but clash clouds future — U.S. trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama cleared initial...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► From AP — New round of layoffs begin in state government — The heaviest reductions are taking place at the Department of...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In the Olympian — Interpreters get union contract — Washington is one of 14 states that pay medical interpreters to help Medicaid...
BOEING-N.L.R.B. ► From AP — Judge denies Boeing motion to dismiss labor case — A federal judge on Thursday denied Boeing’s request to toss out...
BOEING-N.L.R.B. ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — Obama calls for settlement in N.L.R.B. case against Boeing — Obama said he wouldn’t interfere in the case...
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ► REMINDER at The Stand — Rally TODAY in Seattle for new U.S. trade policy — Advocates for fair trade policies that respect...