By JEFF JOHNSON (Jan. 23, 2015) — In downtown Tacoma last night, about 1,000 union and community members rallied in support of the men and women...
By LYNNE DODSON (Jan. 21, 2015) — As the highly unpopular 113th Congress finished its second session, most of Washington’s Congressional delegation missed a great chance...
PREFACE by Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO: The following opinion piece is by my co-chair of the Washington State BlueGreen Alliance,...
By JOHN BURBANK (Jan. 16, 2015) — Now that the Legislature is back at work, they have to find the revenues for K-12 education, for higher...
By DAVID GROVES (Jan. 16, 2015) — If the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. were alive today, right-wing conservatives would be doing their best to brand...
By DENNIS EAGLE (Jan. 15, 2015) — The Washington Federation of State Employees, AFSCME Council 28 applauds Gov. Jay Inslee for including the funding for all...
EDITORIAL (Jan. 13, 2015) — On the first day of a state legislative session all agree will focus on how lawmakers can increase investment in education,...
By RICK LARSEN (Jan. 12, 2015) — As a supporter of Dodd-Frank and someone who was here when Congress wrote it and stood with my communities...
(Jan. 9, 2015) — Don’t you love those conversations about the minutia of your union contract or what dues get spent on? Lots of union activists...
By STAN SORSCHER (Jan. 6, 2015) — The other day, President Obama spoke to 100 top CEOs from the Business Roundtable. He was asked about two...