SEATTLE — The officers and staff of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO invite all union members, staff and officers to celebrate the beginning of the...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 LOCAL ► In today’s News Tribune — Tacoma council could consider paid sick-leave law by end of year — Workers...
Monday, October 27, 2014 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Olympian — Nearly half of the middle-manager class in state government got raises last year...
SEATTLE (Oct. 27, 2014) — Seattle made history by becoming first city in the nation to adopt a $15 minimum wage, but it will need to...
TACOMA — In an effort to address the state’s declining investment in higher education before the 2015 legislative session, students, faculty, community organizations, and labor unions...
Friday, October 24, 2014 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Olympian — A reminder about our failing roads, bridges (editorial) — Politics can be so...
Thursday, October 23, 2014 ELECTION EDITOR’S NOTE: Sometime this morning, The News Tribune removed the following editorial from its website. We have inquired as...
By JOHN BURBANK (Oct. 23, 2014) — It’s election time and we all have received our ballots. Now we get to ponder our choices, look over...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 BOEING ► From AP — Passenger jets push Boeing’s profit up 18 percent — Robust demand for commercial jets and...