Friday, September 5, 2025 STRIKES ► From KOIN — Union members reject district’s ‘final offer’ as Evergreen Public Schools...
Thursday, September 4, 2025 STRIKES ► From the union-busting Columbian — La Center teachers strike demanding ‘a fair contract...
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 STRIKES ► From KATU — School cancelled in La Center as teachers hit the picket...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Mar. 23, 2016) — The U.S. Department of Labor has sent the long-overdue, much-needed update in overtime pay rules to the Office of Management and...
Monday, March 21, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► From Oregon Public Broadcasting — GOP politicians planned, participated in key aspects of refuge occupation — On...
INTRODUCTION by Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO: Today’s Republican Party is struggling for its identity. Bigotry, hatred, and xenophobia fueled by...
Friday, March 18, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s News Tribune — Lawmakers debate teacher raises as budget talks drag on — A teacher...
UPDATE: She’s free! Here’s KOMO News coverage of Nestora Salgado’s release from prison. The following is from Free Nestora: (March 18, 2016) — After...
By DAN PETEGORSKY (March 18, 2016) — In 1997, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy published a seminal report by researcher Sally Covington, “Moving a Public...
Raise Up Washington, the campaign for Initiative 1433, needs volunteers to collect signatures at some 500 Democratic Party caucus meetings on Saturday, March 26 across Washington...
Thursday, March 17, 2016 SUPREME COURT ♣ In today’s NY Times — GOP leaders refuse to budge on nominee — Judge Garland has been...
SEATTLE (March 17, 2016) — By unanimous vote, the Metropolitian King County Council on Monday passed a motion 9-0 that may well protect the region’s public...
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