Tuesday, June 10, 2025 LOCAL ► From Labor Notes — ‘IAM Max’: Machinists Rally for Member Detained by ICE...
Monday, June 9, 2025 STRIKES ► From the Pittsburgh Union Progress — Striking journalists and the Post-Gazette meet for...
Friday, June 6, 2025 LOCAL ► From the Cascadia Daily News — Update: Judge temporarily blocks shutdown of Job...
SAN ANTONIO — Fifteen United Steelworkers (USW) members from Tesoro refineries attended the Tesoro shareholder meeting May 3 to ask why the company was not bargaining a...
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By JEFF JOHNSON President’s Column 2012 WSLC Legislative Report The 2012 Legislative Session limped bleary-eyed to a close at around 7 a.m. on April 11 after...
(May 4) — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, the state’s largest union organization, released its 2012 Legislative Voting Records on Friday, just in time for...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Seattle Times — Gregoire begins contract talks with state employees — Neither the governor nor the WFSE would comment on...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (May 3) — Thousands of working families are gathering outside the Verizon shareholder meeting here this morning, to protest the company’s “VeriGreedy” treatment of...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 2) — In 2010, 4,690 workers were killed on the job – an average of 13 workers every day – and an estimated...
MAY DAY ► In today’s Seattle Times — Occupy movement strike a chord in Seattle — Given the kitchen-table concerns of Americans like them, Barbara Strindberg...
UPDATE (May 15) — Check out TVW coverage of the candidate speeches at the Washington State Labor Council COPE Convention on May 5: UPDATE (May 5) —...
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