REP. RICK LARSEN (Jan. 31, 2017) — Like the “dead” man scene in the classic Monty Python film, the Affordable Care Act is not dead yet. In...
By JOHN BURBANK (Jan. 26, 2017) — Nobody likes broken promises. And for the last year, there’s been a lot of promises about lifting up working...
By LYNNE DODSON “Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually...
By JEFF JOHNSON SEATTLE (Jan. 23, 2017) — Over this past weekend, the United States once again witnessed the peaceful democratic transition of power from one...
By JEFF JOHNSON OLYMPIA (Jan. 17, 2017) — Yesterday the labor movement celebrated Martin Luther King Day with rallies, discussions, and working the State Legislature for...
By JEFF JOHNSON SEATTLE (Jan. 17, 2017) — On Sunday, Jan. 15, tens of thousands of Americans rallied and raised their voices to save our health...
By JEFF JOHNSON OLYMPIA (Jan. 12, 2017) — These were the words and sentiments shared by the Rev. Leslie Braxton of the New Beginnings Christian Fellowship...
By JOHN BURBANK (Jan. 12, 2017) — This week in our nation’s capital, the most prominent advertising was the demand from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce...
Understanding why is the key to rebuilding a populist progressive movement By MARK McDERMOTT (Jan. 10, 2017) — In 2008, Barack Obama was elected along...
This first edition of “Saving Solidarity,” a new regular series of columns by Conor Casey, was co-written by Assistant Labor Archivist Crystal Rodgers. SEATTLE (Jan. 5,...