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...
Monday, January 19, 2015 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In the Tri-City Herald — State legislators told to expect longtime hits from export slowdown — “There...
PRESIDENT’S REPORT By JEFF JOHNSON (Jan. 19, 2015) — As we celebrate the life and work of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King today and as...
UPDATE (Jan. 23, 2015) — Here is news coverage of Thursday’s community rallies: ► From KOMO News — ‘We just want to work:’ Rallying cry for...
PREFACE by Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO: The following opinion piece is by my co-chair of the Washington State BlueGreen Alliance,...
Friday, January 16, 2015 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Seattle Times —Bills to raise minimum wage, require paid sick days introduced in Olympia —...
By JOHN BURBANK (Jan. 16, 2015) — Now that the Legislature is back at work, they have to find the revenues for K-12 education, for higher...
By DAVID GROVES (Jan. 16, 2015) — If the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. were alive today, right-wing conservatives would be doing their best to brand...
Thursday, January 15, 2015 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In the Seattle Times — State at critical crossroads, Inslee tells split lawmakers — Gov. Jay Inslee...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 15, 2015) — The Washington State Labor Council, its affiliated unions, and community partners on Wednesday detailed an ambitious Shared Prosperity Agenda for the...
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