Friday, January 27, 2017 THIS WASHINGTON ► In today’s Tri-City Herald — Bill would help ill Hanford workers get compensation — Hanford workers would...
With 39,000 more members, state is now 5th most unionized in U.S. (Jan. 27, 2017) — An estimated 539,000 Washington state residents belonged to labor...
SEATTLE — The Seattle Labor Chorus was started in 1997 to back up Pete Seeger at the Northwest Folklife Festival and has been performing frequently at...
By JOHN BURBANK (Jan. 26, 2017) — Nobody likes broken promises. And for the last year, there’s been a lot of promises about lifting up working...
Thursday, January 26, 2017 IMMIGRATION ► From The Hill — Trump signs orders on border wall, immigration enforcement ► In today’s NY Times —...
SEATTLE (Jan. 26, 2017) — Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s Executive Orders...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 LOCAL ► From AP — Boeing sees more airliner deliveries, lower defense revenue — The Boeing Co. beat Wall Street...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 25, 2017) — The House Labor and Workplace Standards Committee heard compelling testimony Tuesday from advocates, workers and business owners in support of two...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 LOCAL ► In today’s Seattle Times — Misnamed ‘right-to-work’ laws exploit workers (by Linda Averill and Kirk Duncan) — Jeff...