As an avid news reader and editor of The STAND, here’s why ProPublica newsroom staff’s fight for AI protections matters...
Governor Ferguson has signed into law a bill to restrict nursing titles to licensed human professionals The following column was first published in the March 2026 edition...
by BRENDA RODRIGUEZ LÓPEZ & CATALINA VELASQUEZ (March 16, 2026) — At the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network, we carry this truth with us every day: this...
by CASSIE BORDELON & HEATHER KURTENBACH (March 12, 2026) — Washington is facing two crises at the same time: a shortage of clean, affordable energy and...
Our legislators have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to secure stable funding for education, health care, and essential services — and to stop balancing the budget on the...
Legislation to enshrine farm workers’ right to organize and collectively bargain did not advance this year — but that won’t stop farm workers fighting for their...
“We have the talent, interest, and the training,” in Washington. So why do myths about a labor shortage persist? by HEATHER KURTENBACH (February 24, 2026) —...
By making the sick time policy more equitable, we make the hospital safer and more accessible for patients and staff. by AMELIA HILLIER, RN SEATTLE, WA...
WSLC President April Sims reflects on 2025 and shares her vision for Washington’s labor movement in the new year and beyond by APRIL SIMS (December 18,...
The STAND’s editor runs through 10 ways the labor movement is giving her hope this holiday season by SARAH TUCKER SEATTLE, WA (November 25, 2025) —...