PORTLAND (May 11, 2016) — People interested in Washington, Oregon and Pacific Northwest labor history are encouraged to attend the 2016 Conference of the Pacific Northwest...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 9, 2016) — The decades-long experiment of contracting out public goods and services by governments, known as “privatization,” has often had dire consequences for...
Friday, May 6, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► From KUOW — Washington companies got $550 million in tax breaks, and that’s just the ones we...
SEATTLE (May 6, 2016) — Yesterday, we posted a list of great union-made Mother’s Day gifts you can give your mom this weekend that support good...
Thursday, May 5, 2016 CAMPAIGN 2016 ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — Rep. Elizabeth Scott ends campaign for Congress, citing health reasons — State...
By PETER DEFAZIO, FRANK LOBIONDO and RICK LARSEN (May 5, 2016) — The planes are painted in the national colors of Norway, their tails decorated with...
The following is from Labor 411 and AFL-CIO Now: Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 8, so you have no excuse for waiting until the last...
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In the Seattle Times — For first time, Boeing reveals state tax breaks: $305 million in 2015...
OLYMPIA (May 4, 2016) — Celebrated the first week of May since 1985, this is national Public Service Recognition Week, honoring the men and women who...