The following is from AFL-CIO Now: (July 30, 2013) — First, our apologies to any students in the middle of their summer reverie who stumble across...
(10:50 a.m.) — The convention is about to break up into smaller groups for AFL-CIO Listening Sessions about the future of the labor movement. Delegates’ input...
Friday, July 26, 2013 BOEING â–ş In today’s Seattle Times — Boeing moving more engineering work to California — Management told employees Thursday that...
Advocates for strengthening and securing Medicare will celebrate Medicare’s birthday on Saturday, July 27, starting at 3 p.m. at the Seattle Center South Fountain Lawn. Participants...
VANCOUVER (July 25, 2013) — Following is the live blogging from Thursday’s session of the 2013 Washington State Labor Council convention. (Noon — July 25, 2013)...
Thursday, July 25, 2013 LOCAL â–ş In today’s Seattle Times — Striking farmworkers say Sakuma threatened to evict them — About 100 striking migrant...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 LOCAL â–ş In the Skagit Valley Herald — Farmworkers go back on strike over wage differences — For the second...
UPDATE (July 30, 2013) — Farmworkers at Sakuma Brothers Farms have returned to work after meeting with management and making some progress on workers’ demands. Click...
Monday, July 22, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT â–ş In today’s Columbian — Lawmakers ask: Get back up on the bridge — Just weeks after the...