The following editorial, regarding the Infrastructure Jobs Bond, appeared Jan. 29 in The (Tacoma) News Tribune: A genuinely good idea tends to pop out from among...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 27) — As reported earlier in The Stand, Republicans have introduced a package of bills that are all aimed at creating a lower state...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 26) — The legislative leaders sponsoring the Infrastructure Jobs Bond legislation on Wednesday released draft project lists identifying what capital construction work around the...
Here is today’s edition of the weekly Legislative Update the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO (PDF version): Washington’s health benefit exchange needs basic standards to succeed...
Here is today’s edition of the weekly Legislative Update the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO (PDF version): Priority bills would create jobs, retain good jobs, ensure...
Here is today’s edition of the weekly Legislative Update the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO (PDF version): Start 2012 session with positive, proactive Infrastructure Jobs Bond...
By David Groves The Stand Washington just earned national notoriety for being the first state with a minimum wage above $9 an hour. With the latest...
The following is the WSLC Legislative Update newsletter distributed Monday, Dec. 12 by the Washington State Labor Council (PDF version). December’s special session ended without action...
Jodi Howson is an unemployed electrician in Mt Vernon, WA, who is struggling to make ends meet. She is urging state legislators to pass a bill...
The following was distributed today by SEIU Healthcare 1199NW: OLYMPIA (Dec. 1) — Nurses, healthcare workers, and mental health workers assembled at the State Capitol today to...