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 ► 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 ► In today’s Seattle Times — Striking farmworkers say Sakuma threatened to evict them — About 100 striking migrant...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 LOCAL ► 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 ► In today’s Columbian — Lawmakers ask: Get back up on the bridge — Just weeks after the...