Will Rep. McMorris Rodgers continue to hitch her political wagon to Trump? EDITORIAL (Oct. 10, 2017) — The Washington Post reports today that President Donald...
Janus v. AFSCME case intended to strike death blow to labor, progressives By DAVID GROVES (Oct. 9, 2017) — The U.S. Supreme Court announced last...
By JOHN BURBANK (Oct. 6, 2017) — Over the past four decades, while we as a country have been moving forward on racial justice and gender...
Sign up for conference on “Social Justice Unionism in the Face of Right-to-Work” By KELLY COOGAN-GEHR SEATTLE (Sept. 29, 2017) — The labor movement and...
By JOHN BURBANK (Sept. 20, 2017) — Monday night, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved an $80 billion annual increase in military spending, enough to make tuition...
Air-traffic privatization push hits turbulence in Congress—with good reason By MONIKA WARNER (Sept. 11, 2017) — Message to the airlines: you can’t have it all....
Congress must fully fund rebuilding Houston, maintain labor standards By JEFF JOHNSON (Sept. 7, 2017) — As flood waters begin to slowly recede from Houston,...
The following guest column appears in today’s edition of The Seattle Times. By JEFF JOHNSON (Sept. 4, 2017) — My sisters and I grew up during...
By JOHN BURBANK EVERETT (August 24, 2017) — House Speaker Paul Ryan will come to Everett on Thursday to tour the Boeing factory here and make...
NAFTA betrayed us. Any new deal must prioritize people, not corporations. By LEO W. GERARD (Aug. 22, 2017) — Free trade be damned. People don’t...