Friday, July 11, 2025 STRIKES ► From KING 5 — Jam-packed bins line city streets as strike delays trash...
Thursday, July 10, 2025 STRIKES ► From the Everett Herald — Growing Teamsters strike disrupts garbage pickup in Snohomish...
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 STRIKES ► From the AP — Philadelphia workers and city reach a deal to end...
The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now: In the past decade, 50,000 manufacturing sites closed and 6 million American jobs were lost because of outsourcing. Today,...
Friday, June 22, 2012 LOCAL ► In today’s Olympian — Ranger dies during rescue attempt on Mount Rainier— A Mount Rainier National Park ranger died...
Three local members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) will stage a hunger strike in Washington state June 25 through 28, in solidarity with their...
Thursday, June 21, 2012 HEALTH CARE ► In today’s Seattle Times — U.S. Supreme Court won’t be last word on health reform in Washington state...
KENT (June 21) — One month ago today, 85 members of Teamsters Local 117 at Davis Wire went on strike to protest what they say was...
The mission of the Worker Center, a division of the M. L. King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO, is to increase the council’s capacity to carry out...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 ELECTION ► In today’s Tri-City Herald — Inslee reaches out to Tri-City labor — The “virus” of Wisconsin will not be...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 ELECTION ► At Slog — New Elway poll: ‘Inslee closes gap,’ now within 2 points of McKenna — The latest...
By STAN SORSCHER An editorial in my local paper is a good example of how we trivialize our public discussion of globalization and trade policy. The...
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