Friday, September 5, 2025 STRIKES ► From KOIN — Union members reject district’s ‘final offer’ as Evergreen Public Schools...
Thursday, September 4, 2025 STRIKES ► From the union-busting Columbian — La Center teachers strike demanding ‘a fair contract...
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 STRIKES ► From KATU — School cancelled in La Center as teachers hit the picket...
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...
By JOHN BURBANK (March 11, 2015) — I’ll spare you the details — since you’ve likely been through a similarly undignified experience — but a bout...
SEATTLE (March 11, 2015) — We have a retirement security crisis in America that threatens the middle class and people trying to work their way into...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 RIGHT-TO-WORK (FOR LESS) ► From AP — Gov. Scott Walker signs bill making Wisconsin ‘right-to-work’ state — Wisconsin Gov. Scott...
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