The debate over undemocratic “Fast Track” trade authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and other pending trade deals is coming to a head right now. Several members...
By ROBERTA RILEY (Feb. 5, 2015) — Meet Joie. She’s a Seattle hair stylist with the charisma, and artfully tattooed arms, of a rock star. The...
Wednesday, February 4, 2015 REFINERY STRIKE ► In the Skagit Valley Herald — Tesoro steelworkers on strike in Anacortes — Tesoso spokesman Matthew Gill...
Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, issued the following statement on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015: Yesterday I walked the picket line with...
All union members and community supporters are invited to attend “Changing Times, Changing Minds: A Forum on Transgender Workers’ Issues” to be held from 6 to...
GOP senators seek lower wages, lower benefits for injured workers Today’s edition of the WSLC Legislative Update newsletter: OLYMPIA (Feb. 3, 2015) — Last week’s...
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 REFINERY STRIKE ► From Slog — Local union president says national oil refinery strike isn’t about wages, it’s about safety...
The following is from UNITE HERE Local 8: SEATTLE (Feb. 3, 2015) — A three-member panel of the federal body that monitors U.S. labor law issued...
The following is from the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries: TUMWATER (Feb. 3, 2015) — Exposure of workers to used hypodermic needles while cleaning...