The following is cross-posted from the Economic Policy Institute: Many young people don’t think Social Security will be there for them when they retire. Coupled with...
Friday, July 13, 2012 ELECTION ► At TheOlympian.com — McKenna still clarifying his position on health-law repeal — After an apparent flip-flop on whether...
Labor Neighbor, the Washington State Labor Council’s grassroots member-to-member political action program, is in full swing. Tens of thousands of union members have already been called,...
Thursday, July 12, 2012 NOT FUNNY ► At Huffington Post — The 12 Cookies Joke (by SPEEA’s Stan Sorscher) — A CEO, a Tea...
UPDATE — Prior to Tuesday’s 3 p.m. rally in Kent, striking workers at Davis Wire will converge at 11 a.m. Tuesday on the King County Courthouse...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 TAXES ► In today’s Washington Post — In 2009, Americans paid lowest tax rates in 30 years to federal government...
By TOM GEIGER Special to The Stand You’ve probably heard how Walmart pays low wages and meager benefits and how they erode local businesses in small...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 11) — House Republicans on Tuesday decided it’s more important to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act, which has helped hundreds of millions...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 TODAY’S MUST-READS ► In the Seattle Times — Tax cuts: The god that failed (by Jon Talton) — As an...