Here is today’s edition of the weekly Legislative Update the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO (PDF version): Start 2012 session with positive, proactive Infrastructure Jobs Bond...
EGT vs. ILWU ► In the (Longview) Daily News — Protest planned for first ship to dock at EGT grain terminal — The U.S. Coast...
MT. VERNON (Jan. 9) — A new and energetic pro-worker, pro-union group in Northwest Washington — called the Labor-Democrat Work Group — is exploring ways to...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Olympian — Rep. Reykdal: New income tax proposal on the way— State Rep. Chris Reykdal and Sen. David Frockt are...
By JOHN BURBANK If there’s a single lesson to be drawn from the events of 2011, it’s this: democracy is based on acting and doing, not...
The following press release was distributed by Teamsters Local 117: TUKWILA — In a preliminary ruling, the Public Employment Relations Commission has found that the University...
WICHITA, Kan. (Jan. 4) — The union representing engineers at The Boeing Company is calling on the company to meet all commitments to employees here who...
LOCAL ► In today’s Spokesman-Review — Federal judge rejects Idaho anti-union laws— A federal judge has invalidated two anti-union laws pushed through by Idaho GOP...
By David Groves The Stand Washington just earned national notoriety for being the first state with a minimum wage above $9 an hour. With the latest...