Tuesday, February 2, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Spokesman-Review — Legislators consider bills to standardize sick leave, minimum wage — The Legislature should...
(Feb. 2, 2016) — The Washington State Federation of State Employees, AFSCME Council 28 has launched a new online resource exposing the state’s billionaire-funded “think tank”...
OLYMPIA (Feb. 1, 2016) — A few years ago, voters in every county in Washington state — east and west, red and blue — rejected a...
Monday, February 1, 2016 LOCAL ► In the (Longview) Daily News — KapStone workers reject contract — Union workers have rejected the latest contract...
Friday, January 29, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s News Tribune — Lawmakers disagree about deadline for fixing school-funding problems — A school-funding plan...
With 9,000 more members, state is now 5th most unionized in U.S. WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 29, 2016) — A half-million Washington state residents belonged to...
Thursday, January 28, 2016 BOEING ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — Boeing workforce in Everett to shrink during 777X transition — Boeing’s decision to...
(Jan. 28, 2016) — The Executive Board of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO — representing more than 600 union organizations with some 450,000 members across...
By JOHN BURBANK (Jan. 28, 2016) — As Americans, we strongly value both work and family… but as citizens we’ve structured our economy and laws too...