Thursday, August 28, 2025 STRIKES ► From the union-busting Columbian — Striking classified employees flood Evergreen school board meeting...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 TODAY’S MUST-READ ► From the Seattle Medium — If Not for the Union, There Go...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 STRIKES ► From KOIN — ‘Living in squalor’: Evergreen support staff on strike — The...
Following are the remarks of Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, at Tuesday’s Workers Memorial Day event at the state Department of...
Following is today’s edition of the Washington State Labor Council’s Legislative Update newsletter (PDF version). OLYMPIA (April 24, 2013) — Amid the debate over economy-stifling job-killing...
Wednesday, April 23, 2013 LOCAL ► In today’s Olympian — Hundreds attend Worker Memorial Day service — Joe Bartkowski died doing something he loved:...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 END DEATH TRAPS! ► In today’s Washington Post — Building housing garment factories collapses in Bangladesh, killing at least 87,...
OLYMPIA (April 24, 2013) — State Senate Bill 5905, introduced on April 10 by Sens. Andy Hill (R-Redmond) and Jim Hargrove (D-Hoquiam), would essentially eliminate state...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 24, 2013) — This week, more than 80 House Democrats introduced a resolution that rejects President Obama’s proposal to cut Social Security benefits...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — Transportation tax package clears first hurdle — Democrats steered an $8.4 billion...
PASCO (April 23, 2013) — In February 2012, the Central Washington Building and Construction Trades Council (CWBCTC) was approached by Second Harvest, a network of 250...
Monday, April 22, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In the News Tribune — State Senate budget raises eyebrows but not taxes — State lawmakers are...
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