Friday, July 27, 2012 WASTE MANAGEMENT STRIKE ► At Teamsters117.org — Waste Management continues to sabotage bargaining process — The Union agreed to take...
This is the final Saturday of pre-primary neighborhood walks for Labor Neighbor, the Washington State Labor Council’s grassroots member-to-member political action program. Union volunteers are needed...
Thursday, July 26, 2012 WASTE MANAGEMENT STRIKE ► In today’s Seattle Times — Waste Management drivers strike; trash, recycling collection halted — Garbage, recycling...
UPDATE (July 30) — With Waste Management bringing in out-of-town strikebreakers who are unfamiliar with our roads, Teamsters Local 117 has said you can support the...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 ELECTION ► At PubliCola — Inslee as bulldozer; McKenna as iPad. It’s that simple — Jay Inslee’s latest ad takes...
SEATTLE — Low-wage workers and community supporters gathered outside Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna’s Attorney General’s office in Seattle on Tuesday, giant McKenna-faced pennies in hand,...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 LOCAL ► In today’s Bellingham Herald — Bellingham Council moves toward public vote on coal terminal— The City Council has...
By TOM GEIGER Special to The Stand Walmart is often criticized for low pay and inadequate benefits for its workers. While those are legitimate concerns, they...
Monday, July 23, 2012 LOCAL ► At IAM751.org — Machinists at JBLM ratify first union contract — A group of Machinists Union members who...