Monday, June 30, 2025 STRIKES ► From the Tacoma News Tribune — Multicare Emergency workers to walk off job...
Thursday, June 26, 2025 LOCAL ► From My Northwest — Seattle federal building employees picket ICE arrests — McConnell...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 STRIKES ► From People’s World — First Safeway strike since ’96 showcases heightened grocery worker...
By JOHN BURBANK Back in the 1960s, there was a comic strip named Pogo. One of the most insightful strips was a distilled discussion of human...
The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now: By TULA CONNELL The 72-page report, issued yesterday by the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, makes many solid...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Olympian — Capital gains tax proposed to fix bleeding budget— Rep. Laurie Jinkins (D-Tacoma) says a 5% tax on realized...
At its 2011 Convention, Washington State Labor Council delegates approved a resolution calling for the WSLC to create a month-long celebration of workers’ culture in May...
SEATTLE — Several hundred residents of Seattle’s International District attended a packed-house forum on Jan. 13 about the imminent closure of two local Social Security Administration...
MLK DAY ► In today’s Spokesman-Review — Turnout nearly double for Spokane’s MLK march — The event, which started at the Spokane Convention Center and...
Here is today’s edition of the weekly Legislative Update the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO (PDF version): Priority bills would create jobs, retain good jobs, ensure...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Applications are now open for the 2012 Union Plus Scholarship Program, which provides $150,000 in scholarships to union members, their spouses and dependents. This...
M.L.K. DAY ► In today’s NY Times — How Fares The Dream? (Paul Krugman column) — If Martin Luther King could see America now, I...
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