Wednesday, March 1, 2017 LOCAL ► In today’s Yakima H-R — Noel Canning workers end strike — Three dozen unionized Noel Canning workers will...
OLYMPIA (March 1, 2017) — Every year, business groups in Olympia seek benefit cuts and eligibility restrictions for the Washington’s workers’ compensation safety net for injured...
UPDATE (Mar. 2, 2017) — In the Olympian — Saint Martin’s University students, faculty hold one-day walkout — About 75 students, faculty members and union supporters...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 AEROSPACE ► In the Charleston P-C — Analysts predicts all Dreamliners will be built in North Charleston within a decade...
The following is from PTE Local 17: SEATTLE (Feb. 28, 2017) — After 28 years at Professional & Technical Employees (PTE) Local 17, Joe McGee is...
Monday, February 27, 2017 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ► From Politico — Exclusive: Leaked GOP Obamacare replacement shrinks subsidies, Medicaid expansion — The legislation would...
A status report on working-family legislation in Olympia UPDATED (Feb. 28, 2017) — This report has been updated to clarify that SB 5502/HB 1527, reinstating the...
OLYMPIA (Feb. 27, 2017) — A unanimous state Supreme Court decision in 2015 ruled that growers in Washington state must pay farm workers for rest breaks...
Friday, February 24, 2017 TOWN HALLS ► In today’s Seattle Times — Hundreds protest at U.S. Rep. Reichert’s office, demand town-hall meeting — Several...