MAY DAY ► From AP — World’s workers express anger, gloom on May Day — Taking the baton from Asia, where unions demanded wage increases...
A message from the Editor: Today on May Day 2012, The Stand celebrates its first anniversary online. I have been truly amazed — and grateful —...
WENATCHEE — Time is running out to register for the 2012 “Meeting of the Minds” Conference, sponsored by the Project Help program, where participants will learn...
PILING ON ► In today’s Seattle Times — Governor must drive harder bargain with state employees (editorial) — On Wednesday, the state begins negotiating with...
The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now: Twenty years ago, when the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) was founded, “you could almost count the number...
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler will be the guest of honor at “Sunset Cocktails on the Sound,” a social and fundraising event to benefit the Washington Young...
While the Franciscan and MultiCare health care systems continue to make hundreds of millions of dollars in profits each year, healthcare workers at St. Joseph Medical...
AMERICA’S POSTAL SERVICE ► From AP — Senate votes to slow closing of post offices— The Senate offered a lifeline to the nearly bankrupt U.S....
By JOHN BURBANK This time of year, high school seniors who plan to go to community college or the UW take a look at the actual...