By RAUL BURBANO, KRISTIN BEIFUS and MANUEL PÉREZ-ROCHA A 16th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations is underway in Singapore this week. Canada and Mexico...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Mar. 11, 2013) — The Flight Attendants Union Coalition, representing nearly 90,000 Flight Attendants at carriers across the county, is coordinating a nationwide legislative...
Monday, March 11, 2013 LOCAL ► In the Seattle Times — Olympia hospital workers plan to strike Monday over health costs — If more...
Mar. 14 UPDATE: The Senate failed to vote upon SB 5805 before Wednesday’s cutoff deadline, so the bill is now dead. OLYMPIA (Mar. 11, 2013) —...
OLYMPIA (Mar. 11, 2013) — More than 500 licensed practical nurses, nursing assistants, sterile processors, and dietary, housekeeping, and admitting staff walked out on strike starting...
Friday, March 8, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Olympian — Sequestration could cost Washington state tens of millions — The cuts, which began...
By DAVID GROVES The Stand OLYMPIA (Mar. 8, 2013) — The time for all-cuts austerity budgets has passed. Now Washington state must begin investing in its...
By WAYNE LIEB As a former Industrial Appeals judge and as an attorney with more than 25 years of experience specializing in workers’ compensation law, I...
Thursday, March 7, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► At Washington Policy Watch — Paid Sick and Safe Days bill clears last committee before full House...