By REP. ADAM SMITH (Sept. 7, 2018) — The ability to organize and collectively bargain for benefits is one of the most important advances in American...
New tentative agreement on master contract reportedly boosts pay 17.8% BOTHELL (Sept. 7, 2018) — Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 302 has announced that the 17-day strike...
Thursday, September 6, 2018 PAY OUR TEACHERS ► In today’s News Tribune — School canceled Thursday for Tacoma and Puyallup students as bargaining continues — It’s...
In the first-ever evaluation of $10-plus minimum wages in 6 cities, a new UC-Berkeley study finds that lifting the wage floor has had a big impact...
TACOMA (Sept. 6, 2018) — The Tacoma Education Association has requested and been granted strike sanction from the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO for the teachers’...
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 LABOR DAY ► In the Spokesman-Review — Unions remain strong and motivated this Labor Day (by WSLC President Jeff Johnson) — In this...
21 arrested as campaign for fair contract escalates at Seattle Westin hotel The following is from UNITE HERE Local 8: SEATTLE (Sept. 5, 2018) —...
This Labor Day, we are bending the ‘arc of the moral universe’ toward justice By JEFF JOHNSON (Sept. 3, 2018) — Two months after the...
Friday, August 31, 2018 The Entire Staff of The Stand is out until Wednesday, Sept. 5. Until then, get the latest on the teacher strikes...