WSLC 2019 Legislative Report summarizes session, how each legislator voted OLYMPIA (July 18, 2019) — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO has published its 2019...
(July 16, 2019) — It’s summer and across Washington state, temperatures — and primary election races — are heating up. This year, our access to register...
L&I hearings to begin in Western Washington, starting Monday in Tumwater TUMWATER (July 12, 2019) — Washington state is poised to close a gigantic loophole...
TUMWATER (June 6, 2019) — The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) announced Wednesday its long-awaited proposal to restore overtime pay rights, which is...
Long-awaited rule update will help Washington workers ‘get their time back’ TUMWATER, Wash. (June 5, 2019) — Washington state is poised to begin closing a...
OLYMPIA (May 21, 2019) — In 2018, the Legislature passed the Washington Fair Chance Act to protect job applicants with a criminal record so they can...
100% clean energy law with labor standards hailed as Inslee signs climate bills SEATTLE (May 8, 2019) — Gov. Jay Inslee signed a set of...
OLYMPIA (April 30, 2019) — The 2019 session of the Washington State Legislature — which featured some major twists and turns, great successes and disappointing failures...
‘Clean’ rest break bill passes both houses after massive show of support OLYMPIA (April 25, 2019) — The safety of hospital patients and their frontline...
OLYMPIA (April 25, 2019) — Initiative 1000, an Initiative to the Legislature that would repeal Washington state’s I-200 ban on affirmative action policies, was unanimously endorsed...