By KEN WINKES (Oct. 11, 2013) — Discouraged by the unending war on workers? Is the barrage of ALEC-inspired anti-worker legislation, even here in Washington state,...
By JOHN BURBANK (Oct. 9, 2013) — Republicans in the Congress have lost. They failed to stop the Affordable Care Act from starting up. Every day,...
By LEO W. GERARD Republicans tried and tried, more than 40 times, in fact. Unlike the Little Engine That Could, the GOP couldn’t. They just couldn’t...
The Executive Board of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, the largest labor organization in the state, has voted to endorse Initiative 522, the state campaign...
By BRENDAN WILLIAMS (Oct. 2, 2013) — Behind closed doors, a debate recently occurred over government-supplied health care. No, not that debate. This one ended happily. In its...
The following opinion column first appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and is reprinted here with the author’s permission: By DANIEL KOVALIK PITTSBURGH (Sept. 24, 2013) —...
By JOHN BURBANK (Sept. 16, 2013) — The other day I went onto the Washington Health Benefit Exchange website to look at the actual costs for...
By DAVID GROVES SEATTLE (Aug. 28, 2013) — Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal included two stories about jobs and wages that provide a concise...
By JOHN BURBANK (Aug. 19, 2013) — Five years ago the wheels came off the financial system in our country. The risk-taking and gambling with other...
By BOB DREWEL, MAUD DAUDON and JEFF JOHNSON (Aug. 14, 2013) — Reports of Boeing’s demise in Washington state are greatly exaggerated. Boeing was born here...