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...
A status report on pro-worker legislation after Wednesday’s cutoff OLYMPIA (Feb. 16, 2018) — Wednesday was the cutoff deadline for bills to advance from their...
OLYMPIA (Feb. 12, 2018) — Last week, there was a heated debate in the Washington State Senate over legislation that pitted the interests of in-home health...
GOP trying to block local governments from pursuing employment policies OLYMPIA (Feb. 9, 2018) — At last week’s Legislative Lobbying Conference of Washington State Labor...
Bill to help Hanford workers access workers’ comp benefits passes House, Senate OLYMPIA (Jan. 29, 2018) — Every week it seems that there are new...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 25, 2018) — On a bipartisan 38-11 vote, the Washington State Senate approved legislation on Wednesday that would protect state financial aid eligibility for undocumented students. SB...
OLYMPIA — Last fall’s election of Sen. Manka Dhingra (D-Redmond) as state senator, which delivered a one-vote Senate majority to Democrats, has ended to five years...
UPDATED (11:20 a.m.) with Senate passage of the Washington Voting Rights Act (see below). Hostage crisis ends as capital budget passes, but damage was done ...
After 69-28 vote, WSLC-supported legislation now heads to the Senate OLYMPIA (Jan. 18, 2018) — After active negotiations between the business and labor communities, the state...