The following report appears in the latest edition of the Washington State Employee newsletter produced by the Washington Federation of State Employees, AFSCME Council 28: (April...
The following is from AFL-CIO Now: (April 28, 2014) — A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), Expanding Family and Medical...
Friday, April 25, 2014 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — State loses waiver to No Child Left Behind Act — U.S. Education...
The following is from SEIU Healthcare 1199NW: SPOKANE VALLEY (April 25, 2014) — About 1,000 nurses and healthcare workers at Valley and Deaconess Hospitals, members of...
By JOHN BURBANK (April 25, 2014) — I just returned from a trip to Finland to visit old friends. I brought home a bill from a...
Thursday, April 24, 2014 BOEING ► In today’s Seattle Times — Boeing CEO defends job transfers, but experts question rationale — As Boeing announced...
SEATTLE — Rising inequality. Unions on the defensive. A new minimum wage. Rallies and marches. More and more, the headlines of today center on the workplace....
SEATTLE — As U.S. Supreme Court rulings continue to dismantle campaign finance laws and further empower corporate interests and America’s most wealthy, labor organizations must evolve...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 ELECTION ► In today’s Seattle Times — Voters rejecting new money for transit; bus cuts coming — A list of...