Tuesday, September 30, 2025 STRIKES ► From KSDK — IAM Local 837, Boeing fail to reach deal as strike...
Monday, September 29, 2025 STRIKES ► From the Labor Tribune — Contract negotiations between Machinists District 837, Boeing resume...
Friday, September 26, 2025 STRIKES ► From MJ Biz Journal — Ongoing cannabis worker strikes in two states are...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 23, 2014) — Congress is considering new legislation that would “fast track” new trade deals, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), moving them...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 TODAY’S NEWS JUXTAPOSED ► In today’s NY Times — States cutting weeks of aid to jobless — The country’s safety...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 21, 2014) — Every week, thousands of people in Washington are victims of a particular kind of theft. But for this theft, there are...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 M.L.K. DAY ► In today’s Seattle Times — Backers of $15 minimum wage turn out for MLK celebration — Seattle’s...
By GORDON LAFER In 2010, I sat across the table from Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Barbara Weisel, who was responsible for negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),...
SEATTLE (Jan. 20, 2014) — The Seattle Seahawks, who are affiliates of the Washington State Labor Council via the NFL Players Association, defeated the San Francisco...
SEATTLE — On MLK Day, Monday, Jan. 20, dozens of labor organizations — including a contingent of supporters of a $15 minimum wage in Seattle —...
Friday, January 17, 2014 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Seattle Times — Pass the Washington State DREAM Act (editorial) — The Washington State Dream...
By JOHN BURBANK (Jan. 17, 2014) — The slow recovery from the Great Recession has heightened stark inequality in the Puget Sound area. Corporate profits and...
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