UPDATE (Feb. 23): Tentative deal at Cooper Tire; USW cancels Saturday’s actions In November, Cooper Tire locked out 1,051 members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 207L...
MOUNT VERNON — The Skagit Human Rights Festival has invited representatives of organized labor to give a two-hour presentation at the Lincoln Theatre in Mount Vernon...
Many state lawmakers are going home this weekend to hold town hall meetings. This is your opportunity to urge them to support the Jobs Bond proposal;...
STATE LEGISLATURE ► In today’s Yakima H-R — Yakima underpass project underfunded, overdue— The city of Yakima hopes the Legislature will consider approving $5 million...
By STEVE ISENHART and JEFF JOHNSON The timing is right for the Legislature to pass a proposal to build valuable infrastructure projects now at cut-rate prices...
LEGISLATIVE CUTOFF Many important bills died after Tuesday’s cutoff deadline for bills to pass their houses of origin, although they still can be revived through...
BOEING ► At IAM 751’s blog — Boeing, Machinists move forward together in Renton — Boeing is “spending money on detailed floor plans and placing...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 14) — In a move that demonstrates how aggressively Congressional Republicans are fighting to slash federal and postal workers’ pension and retirement benefits,...
SEATTLE (Feb. 13) — About 300 port workers, faith leaders, and community members rallied in support of short-haul truck drivers — mostly immigrants from East Africa,...