Governor signs historic ‘Access to Democracy’ bills, including Voting Rights Act TUKWILA (March 20, 2018) — Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday signed five bills —...
OLYMPIA (March 14, 2018) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed into law the Fair Chance Act (HB 1298), sponsored by Rep. Lillian Ortiz-Self (D-Mukilteo),...
OLYMPIA (March 8, 2018) — Today is International Women’s Day and working women in Washington state have extra cause for celebration. The Equal Pay Opportunity Act...
OLYMPIA (March 8, 2018) — Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, released the following statement this morning: At the close of the...
Progressive policies finally getting votes, but a few still face today’s cutoff OLYMPIA (March 2, 2018) — While the commercial press has focused its attention...
Senate approves bargaining bill to boost pay, retain and attract quality educators OLYMPIA (March 1, 2018) — It took more than a decade, but Washington’s...
OLYMPIA (Feb. 28, 2018) — For the sixth time in as many years, the House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Washington Voting Rights Act, SB...
But the Freedom Foundation engaged in effort to kill faculty bargaining bill OLYMPIA (Feb. 23, 2018) — This week’s WSLC Legislative Update begins with the...
The following is from Michelle Woodrow, President and Director of Corrections & Law Enforcement for Teamsters Local 117: OLYMPIA (Feb. 21, 2018) — The State Senate took...
OLYMPIA (Feb. 21, 2018) — In Washington state, medical interpreters who help Medicaid clients with limited English skills talk with their doctors, have joined together in...