SEATTLE — Hundreds of delegates representing unions from around the state will convene Saturday to decide which candidates and initiatives to endorse for this fall’s elections....
Thursday, May 8, 2014 STATE GOVERNMENT ► From KUOW — ‘They need to go:’ The environmental and health costs of portable classrooms — Billie...
By JOHN BURBANK (May 8, 2014) — Boeing is at it again, eating its own in Puget Sound. The company will be laying off engineers in...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 FOOD DRIVE ► In today’s Columbian — Letter Carriers’ food drive is Saturday — The darnedest thing about food: it...
On Saturday, May 10, you can “Stamp Out Hunger” by joining with the Letter Carriers (NALC) union in its 22nd annual food drive — the largest...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 MINIMUM WAGE ► In the Seattle Times — Unions are back with city-by-city wage campaign (by Danny Westneat) — Remember...
BURLINGTON, Wash. (May 6, 2014) — Farmworkers at Sakuma Brothers Farms who staged a six-day strike last summer over low wages and poor working conditions —...
Friday, May 2, 2014 MINIMUM WAGE ► In today’s Seattle Times — Mayor’s plan lifts minimum wage to $15 — eventually — Seattle minimum-wage...
SEATTLE (May 2, 2014) — On May Day, Mayor Ed Murray announced a plan endorsed by both labor and business groups to raise the city’s minimum...