The following is from the Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific (IBU): DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska (March 16, 2015) — A pattern of discrimination targeting Filipino-American and Asian-Pacific...
EDITORIAL (March 13, 2015) — Remember two years ago, when the Republican-controlled Washington State Senate brought our state to the brink of a government shutdown? The...
Friday, March 13, 2015 STATE GOVERNMENT ► From Leeham News — Washington State: tie jobs-for-tax breaks like other states do (by aerospace industry analyst...
UPDATE (March 13, 2015) — PICKET HELP — Although the USW and Shell have a tentative deal (see below) on a national oil refinery agreement, THE STRIKE...
Deadline for floor passage inspires votes, dooms many bills—for now Today’s edition of the WSLC Legislative Update newsletter: OLYMPIA (March 12, 2015) — Yesterday was...
Thursday, March 12, 2015 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In the PSBJ — State’s equal pay law may soon get first major upgrade in 70 years...
OLYMPIA (March 12, 2015) — Today, low-wage workers from Olympia will gather at Sylvester Park, march to Olympia City Hall and call on their local government to pass...
SEATTLE (March 12, 2015) — Space Needle workers have gone more than 1,000 days without a raise. But despite a hostile, anti-union climate inside the Space...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 FAST TRACK ► In today’s Washington Post — AFL-CIO leader on Obama’s trade push: ‘We are going all out to...