AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Alliance for Retired Americans Executive Director Edward Coyle issued this joint statement Friday on the 2013 Social Security and Medicare Trustees...
Friday, May 31, 2013 FAST-FOOD STRIKES ► At Slog — “Supersize my salary now!” — That was the rallying cry as around 200 demonstrators,...
By JEFF JOHNSON (May 31, 2013) — Hey hey, ho ho, these low wages, have got to go! Forget the burger, forget the fries, it’s time...
By DAVID GROVES The Stand OLYMPIA (May 31, 2013) — The government faces an imminent deadline to approve legislation that isn’t particularly controversial, but one political...
Thursday, May 30, 2013 LOCAL ► In today’s Columbian — Bellingham nurses stage protest at PeaceHealth’s Vancouver HQ — Hospital nurses locked in a...
UPDATE (10 a.m., May 30) — @WorkingWA Twitter feed: Two Subway locations, including in Capitol Hill, forced to close due to strike. #strikepoverty (9 a.m.) —...
By RICHARD TRUMKA (May 30, 2013) — Policy proposals from multinational corporations often come with slick, poll-tested rhetoric. It is always worth digging deeper. And the...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 EVERGREEN STRIKE ► In today’s Olympian — Student services workers at Evergreen go on strike — Student services employees at...
OLYMPIA (May 29, 2013) — Some 300 picketers from the Washington Federation of State Employees, other unions, students and allies joined in solidarity on the strike...