Thursday, April 18, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s News Tribune — Could SR 167 sink in the Columbia River? (editorial) — Lawmakers in...
(April 18, 2013) — Last fall, 112 people were killed in a Tazreen garment factory fire in Bangladesh where clothes were being manufactured for Wal-Mart, Disney,...
MayWorks, the annual month-long celebration of workers’ culture and history first organized in 2012 by Washington’s labor movement, is just two weeks away and you should...
Following is a statement by Washington State Labor Council President Jeff Johnson regarding the Gang of Eight immigration bill: (April 18, 2013) — Yesterday the Senate...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Spokesman-Review — House transportation budget passes — House Democrats passed a two-year, $8.4 billion spending...
The following is from Teamsters Locals 38, 117, 174 and 763 : TUKWILA — Garbage, recycle, and yard waste drivers, employed by Allied Waste/Republic Services, honored...
The following is cross-posted from AFL-CIO Now: Did you know that the CEOs of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, the corporate front group that wants to cut...
By JEFF JOHNSON (Apr. 15, 2013) — Today is Tax Day. Benjamin Franklin once said there were two certainties in life: death and taxes. But in...
Monday, April 15, 2013 COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING ► In Sunday’s Columbian — The Big Divide: Competing political wills block the way — Most business...