Friday, February 7, 2020 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Olympian — Media would retain access to employee birth dates under new version of bill...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 7, 2020) –The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, comprehensive labor legislation would strengthen...
WSLC legislative conference, public employees urge passage of HB 1888 OLYMPIA (Feb. 7, 2020) — Hundreds of delegates representing unions across the state gathered in...
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 LOCAL ► From the AP — Macy’s to close 125 stores, shed 2,000 corporate jobs — Macy’s said Tuesday it...
(Feb. 5, 2020) — Last year, thousands of Marriott workers represented by UNITE HERE went on strike because “One Job Should Be Enough.” (Workers at Marriott’s Westin...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 5, 2020) — Last week, the Trump Administration expanded its travel restrictions — commonly referred to as the “Muslim Ban” — to include...
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 THIS WASHINGTON ► In today’s Seattle Times — In an attempt to protect hourly service workers, lawmakers push for statewide...
OLYMPIA — This Friday, Feb. 7 is the cutoff deadline for bills to advance from policy committees in the short 2020 session of the Washington State...
The following is from the AFL-CIO: WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 4, 2020) — Right now, Congress has a critical opportunity to strengthen workers’ rights. Lawmakers, in 2019,...