SEATTLE (April 12, 2016) — About 200 hospice and home health nurses at Providence Home Health and Hospice of Snohomish County voted overwhelmingly to unite in...
The following is from the Columbia Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council: VANCOUVER, Wash. (April 12, 2016) — Vancouver Energy has proposed an oil transfer terminal...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 12, 2016) — On Monday, U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA) joined U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez and Director of the White...
Monday, April 11, 2016 WHAT’D WE MISS? The Entire Staff of The Stand was away last week, but fortunately it appears that only one...
SEATTLE — Powerful corporate interests have spent decades working to reshape the Supreme Court and bring cases that would reinforce and deepen inequality rather than remedy...
By JEFF JOHNSON (April 11, 2016) — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has called for labor to take on the fight for criminal justice reform: a reform...
Thursday, March 31, 2016 RAISE UP WASHINGTON ► From Vox — Low-income Americans can no longer afford rent, food, and transportation — Low-income Americans...
SEATTLE (March 31, 2016) — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, has notified its more than 600 affiliated union organizations that the WSLC’s COPE (Committee on...
By NICK LICATA (March 31, 2016) — Last week, I spent a few days in Indianapolis talking to their city council members and constituents. I was...