In the past decade, 50,000 manufacturing sites closed and 6 million American jobs were lost because of outsourcing. The Kimberly-Clark mill in Everett — which was...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 LOCAL â–ş In the Skagit Valley Herald — Hospital union organizers say they’re ready to vote — A noncontract employees...
The following press release has been distributed by the International Association of Machinists District 751: JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD — Machinists Union members who work for URS...
The 2012 Constitutional Convention of the Washington State Labor Council, the state’s largest union organization, will be Monday through Thursday, Aug. 6-9 at the Coast Wenatchee...
Monday, July 2, 2012 LOCAL â–ş From AP — Jurors can’t reach verdict in trial of ILWU President — A judge declared a mistrial...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 29) — U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Subcommittee announced she has included up to $20...
Friday, June 29, 2012 LOCAL â–ş In today’s (Longview) Daily News — ILWU president’s trial over Port of Longview protests begins — Testimony begins...
By LYNNE DODSON As a labor organization, as part of the labor movement, the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO champions economic rights, civil and human rights,...
Labor Neighbor, the Washington State Labor Council’s grassroots member-to-member political action program, is in full swing. Thousands of union members have already been called, visited at...