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...
Thursday, June 5, 2025 LOCAL ► From the Tacoma News Tribune — Parents, staff, students rally against cuts at...
OLYMPIA (April 11) — With strong bipartisan support, the Washington State Legislature today passed the Infrastructure Jobs Bonds sought by a labor-business coalition to create some...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► This morning from AP — State Legislature passes budget bill after all-night session— The Legislature approved a supplemental budget Wednesday, setting the...
UPDATE (Apr. 17) — Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, has written a column about yesterday’s rally and why Tax Day would be...
TAX WEALTH, NOT WORK! ► At AFL-CIO Now — Get ready for 99% Spring ‘Tax Wealth, Not Work” actions — This week, some 100,000 activists...
The following is crossposted from unitehere8.org: SEATTLE — On April 3, workers at the Hyatt at Olive 8, a non-union hotel, bravely stepped forward and joined...
The following press release was distributed Monday by the IAM: JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD (Tacoma, April 9) — The International Association of Machinists (IAM) are conducting informational...
UPDATE (April 11) — The Jobs Bonds legislation has passed the Legislature! Stay tuned to The Stand for more details. Thank you for participating in the...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In Saturday’s Olympian — Budget deal said to be 2 minutes from agreement— The state Senate managed to pass two of three...
By KEN WINKES I visited two men in a local care facility yesterday, both in their 90s. One of them still hopes to return to his...
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