Thursday, October 23, 2025 STRIKES ► From the KSDK — Union leaders call latest Boeing offer ‘disrespectful,’ say they...
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 LOCAL ► From the Washington State Standard — Sticker shock: WA health insurance buyers confront...
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 STRIKES ► From the St. Louis Business Journal — Boeing, machinists union negotiate for 7...
By JEFF JOHNSON As Molly Ivins used to say, “The first rule of holes: When you’re in one, stop digging.” My message to Senate Ways and...
Thursday, May 19, 2016 LOCAL ► At IAM Eastern Washington — Triumph picket line lunch with SPEEA (photos) ALSO at The Stand — Labor...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 19, 2016) — Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), the ranking member of the Senate labor committee, and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on Wednesday introduced...
By JOHN BURBANK (May 19, 2016) — Yesterday President Obama makes up for four decades of neglect of middle wage workers by both Republican and Democratic...
(May 19, 2016) — Teamsters Local 117 has been on an organizing tear recently. Over the past two years, the local has brought over 900 members...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 TRIUMPH STRIKE ► In today’s Spokesman-Review — Triumph got $790,000 in tax breaks from state in last two years —...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 18, 2016) — At the direction of President Barack Obama, the U.S. Department of Labor today unveiled new rules that will make millions...
AFL-CIO’s 2016 Executive PayWatch highlights corporate pay inequality SEATTLE (May 18, 2016) — CEO pay for major companies in Washington state continues to soar as...
SEATTLE (May 18, 2016) — The story of Heather Kurtenbach’s journey from Purdy Women’s Correctional Facility in Gig Harbor into her new family — the Ironworkers...
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