Labor women of color have long organized for fair treatment for all workers By APRIL SIMS (March 27, 2019) — In March, we have been...
By LARRY BROWN (March 5, 2019) — Union members enjoy some of the best health care that working-class Americans can expect to receive. Unions have fought...
By APRIL SIMS (Feb. 26, 2019) — Every February, as a nation we reckon with our collective history. We take this month to honor the significant...
By JACKIE BOSCHOK (Feb. 25, 2019) — Many Washingtonians, including myself and other members of the Washington State Alliance for Retired Americans, breathed a sigh of...
We want the freedom to join together and an economy that works for all By RICHARD TRUMKA (Feb. 21, 2019) — Last year, in communities all...
By AMY YI SEATTLE (Feb. 14, 2019) — Tech workers have recently made national headlines for standing up to their ultra-wealthy bosses. You may wonder, who...
EDITORIAL (Feb. 11, 2019) — Thank you to all the WFSE/AFSCME state employees with the Department of Transportation, to the Teamsters road crews, to the IBEW...
By LARRY BROWN SEATTLE (Feb. 8, 2019) — The following remarks on the state of unions in Washington 100 years after the Seattle General Strike were...
By CAL WINSLOW On February 6, 1919, Seattle’s workers struck — all of them. In doing so they took control of the city. The strike was...
EDITOR’S NOTE (Jan. 18, 2019) — The following column was first posted at The Stand four years ago, but given the continued assault on the freedom...