OLYMPIA (Jan. 28, 2016) — On a party-line vote Wednesday, the Republican-controlled Senate Commerce and Labor Committee passed SB 6443, sponsored by Sen. Doug Ericksen (R-Bellingham),...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Seattle Times — Lawmaker proposes striking down local minimum-wage laws — Calling higher minimum wages...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 27, 2016) — Aerospace Tax Incentive Accountability legislation (HB 2638) would ensure that the nation’s largest corporate tax break — Washington’s $8.7 billion aerospace...
But lacking written agreements, musicians average just $15K per year The following is from the Musicians’ Association of Seattle, AFM Local 76-493: SEATTLE (Jan. 27,...
The following is from the Washington State Nurses Association: RICHLAND, Wash. (Jan. 27, 2016) — By an overwhelming majority, the WSNA-represented registered nurses at Kadlec Regional...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► From KUOW — Assaulted on the job, prison staff want time limit on benefits lifted — Working...
By LEO W. GERARD (Jan. 26, 2016) — The people of Michigan hired themselves a GOP businessman to be governor in 2011. And what they got...
Monday, January 25, 2016 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Yakima H-R — State House bill would improve dairy farm worker protections — The death...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 25, 2016) — Meet Sarah Kohout, the Washington State Labor Council’s Legislative Intern for the 2016 session. She graduated from Western Washington University in...