The following is from the Washington State Budget and Policy Center: OLYMPIA (Jan. 28, 2019) — Families working hard to get by shouldn’t have to choose...
Simplifying independent contractors rules helps workers, businesses, taxpayers This is the latest edition of the weekly Legislative Update newsletter from the Washington State Labor Council,...
UPDATE (Jan. 24, 2019 at noon) — Gov. Jay Inslee announced today that amid the ongoing federal government shutdown he is directing the state Employment Security...
This is the first edition of the weekly Legislative Update newsletter from the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO. If you didn’t already receive it via email,...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 10, 2019) — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO (WSLC), the state’s largest union organization with more than 600 affiliated unions representing some 450,000...
Washington’s governor: ‘This public option will ensure consumers in every part of the state will have an option for high-quality, affordable coverage.’ The following is...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 2, 2019) — Washington’s lowest-paid workers just got a raise, and all employers and employees in the state have begun building a groundbreaking paid...
OLYMPIA (Dec. 18, 2018) — The Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals (BIIA) is an independent quasi-judicial state agency that hears appeals related to workers’ compensation claims...
But AFT Washington urges greater investment in community, technical colleges OLYMPIA (Dec. 17, 2018) — The leaders of Washington state’s biggest unions representing K-12 and higher...
Feds sue to block state’s protections for sick Hanford workers, their families OLYMPIA (Dec. 12, 2018) — On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice followed...