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...
By DAVID GROVES The Stand For Arne Bjorkelo of Seattle, “Support Our Troops” means a lot more than a bumper sticker. It means living and working...
STATE LEGISLATURE ► At TheOlympian.com — House ‘jobs’ bills on the move (on one leg only)— The Washington jobs-stimulus package moved out of the House...
OLYMPIA — If you didn’t hear about this week’s compelling testimony by Jaydra Cope of Spokane about the dire need for affordable, accessible health care insurance...
U.S.P.S. JOB KILLERS ► From Reuters — USPS closings to lead to tens of thousands of job cuts — The U.S. Postal Service announced plans...
OLYMPIA (Feb. 24) — The House Capital Budget Committee heard testimony on Thursday that a bipartisan $1.3 billion jobs package would stem the tide of persistent...
UPDATE (Feb. 27) — Steelworkers ratify agreement with Cooper Tire, ending lockout — The USW said that members of Local 207L have ratified a five-year contract...
The following legislative action alert has been distributed Wednesday by AFT Washington regarding HB 2368: Progress on an important labor and education bill was halted today...
STATE LEGISLATURE ► In today’s Olympian — $1.3 billion plan for 22,300 jobs offered— A major jobs-stimulus plan is starting to move again at the...
Here’s what AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka had to say on Wednesday about President Obama’s proposal to lower the corporate tax rate from 35% to 28% while...
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