Wednesday, August 20, 2025 STRIKES ► From the Tri-City Herald — Pasco leader urges contractors, union to talk as...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 STRIKES ► From the Missourian — Local Boeing workers expect lengthy strike — The offers...
Monday, August 18, 2025 STRIKES ► From In These Times — Dispatch from the Employer Offensive: Mauser Teamsters Strike...
By CHARLES MAYER and TERESA MOSQUEDA Primary-care providers are working harder than ever to partner with their patients, but the question still remains: How can we...
By DAVID WESTBERG OLYMPIA (Dec. 26, 2011) — In the latest of the national efforts to demonize state and educational employees, following on the heels of...
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has issued the following statement regarding the Ryan-Wyden plan under which Medicare would merely subsidize premiums charged by private insurers. The Ryan-Wyden...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► At Publicola — Gregoire takes on ‘Reform Before Revenue’ mantra— The governor busted the state Republicans’ “Reform before revenue” mantra (which is...
OLYMPIA (Dec. 16) — Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday appointed nine Washingtonians to serve as the first governing board of the state’s Health Benefits Exchange, a...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 16) — An AFL-CIO report released Thursday sheds new light on the crisis Alabama immigrant families are facing as a result of HB...
CONGRESS ► In today’s NY Times — Lawmakers offer bipartisan plan to overhaul Medicare — A Democratic senator, Ron Wyden of Oregon, and a Republican...
The following was distributed by the Washington State Building & Construction Trades Council: SILVERDALE, Wash. (Dec. 15, 2011) — In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Navy...
CONGRESS ► At AFL-CIO Now — Republicans vote big cuts to unemployment insurance — House Republicans voted (234-193) to cut more than in half the number...
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