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,...
WHAT VOTERS WANT ► In The Hill — Voters list job creation measures as top priority — Forty-five percent felt the budget’s primary focus should...
The following press release has been distributed by the United Steelworkers union: ANACORTES, Wash. — United Steelworkers (USW) union members at Tesoro’s Anacortes facility are rallying...
Here is today’s edition of the Washington State Labor Council’s Legislative Update newsletter: OLYMPIA (Feb. 13) — U.S. job creation finally began to pick up speed...