Monday, August 17, 2015 STATE GOVERNMENT ► From AP — Inslee, lawmakers set to meet to discuss court sanctions — Gov. Jay Inslee is...
By JOHN BURBANK (Aug. 17, 2015) — If you are a Republican wanting to vote in the upcoming general election for Snohomish County offices, don’t bother....
(Aug. 17, 2015) — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO is seeking a Labor Community Organizer to work out of the Yakima and South Central Counties...
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 LOCAL ► In today’s Spokesman-Review — Spokane City Council toughens penalties for wage law violations — Low-wage workers got a break...
(Aug. 12, 2015) — Labor Neighbor, the Washington State Labor Council’s grassroots member-to-member political action program, plans an aggressive effort to inform union households about the...
UPDATED — The article has been updated to add the Space Needle picket in Seattle on Labor Day at 3:30 p.m. Labor Day is a celebration...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 CLIMATE CHANGE ► In today’s Seattle Times — Washington state can lead on global warming and clean energy (by Rebecca...
SEATTLE (Aug. 11, 2015) — The Executive Board of the M.L. King County Labor Council voted last week to appoint Nicole Grant of Electrical Workers (IBEW)...
(Aug. 11, 2015) — The labor movement of Washington state is now on record: Corporations are not people. And money is not speech. At the 2015...