OLYMPIA — The state Office of Fiscal Management has released its fiscal analysis of Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1125, finding that if passed, the initiative would blast...
SUPERCOMMITTEE!™ ► In today’s Seattle Times — Groups press Murray for listening session on Supercommittee!™ work — The Healthy Washington Coalition, representing low-income, medical, labor...
In its recently published 2011 Legislative Report, the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO printed a list of state legislators in the Roadkill Caucus. Since its publication, the...
AEROSPACE ► At the IAM 751 blog — Kent aerospace workers join Machinists Union — Some 165 workers at Hytek Finishes in Kent have voted...
As the new congressional Supercommittee!™ debates how to cut federal spending by $1.5 trillion in the next decade, hanging in the balance are the lives of...
VERIZON STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS ► At AFL-CIO Now — Striking Verizon workers to return to work Tuesday — The 45,000 striking Verizon workers, represented by the...
UPDATE (Aug. 20): The CWA and IBEW announced today: “Members of CWA and IBEW at Verizon Communications will return to work on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at...
LOCAL ► In today’s Tri-City Herald — 1,100 Hanford layoffs planned — The Department of Energy has authorized its environmental cleanup contractors at Hanford to...
By Jeff Johnson In these economic times, when an opportunity to attract a $600 million private-sector investment in our state’s export infrastructure presents itself, we’d better...