The following is from the M.L. King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO: SEATTLE — Farmworkers at Sakuma Brothers Farms in Burlington are taking action to demand fair...
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 LOCAL ► In today’s Columbian — Longshore union touts ‘superior’ grain pact — The question of who got the upper...
(Sept. 9, 2014) — One of the most painful ironies in our low-wage workforce is the number of people providing essential services to the un- or...
Monday, September 8, 2014 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ► MUST-READ at Huffington Post — A really good reason to oppose the next ‘trade’ deals (by SPEEA’s...
By RICHARD TRUMKA (Sept. 8, 2014) — AFL-CIO has been calling on the White House to halt unnecessary deportations since spring 2013. Our dysfunctional and antiquated...
TACOMA — Union members and community supporters in the Tacoma area are urged to attend Healthy Tacoma’s citizens forum on the passage of a city ordinance...
Friday, September 5, 2014 LOCAL ► In today’s Tri-City Herald — Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council rejects Battelle contract proposal — Union workers at...
The following report by Kenneth Quinnell is from AFL-CIO Now: (Sept. 4, 2014) — Let’s pose a hypothetical situation. You’re sitting at home and a truck...
Thursday, September 4, 2014 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Olympian — Court considers whether to hold lawmakers in contempt over education funding — Lawyers...