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...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 LOCAL ► From the Cascadia Daily News — Rep. Larsen meets with farmworker activist ‘Lelo’...
The Occupy Wall Street protests have sparked a national conversation about the state of the economy and income inequality in our country. How can the energy,...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In Sunday’s Seattle Times — Companies enjoying tax breaks should ‘give three’ percent back (Danny Westneat column) — The union said: You’re...
UPDATE: Here are some photos from the Nov. 1 dedication ceremony: CHEHALIS — The Stand recently shared the story of The Girls, eight young women killed...
The following was distributed Monday morning by SEIU HealthCare 1199NW: OLYMPIA — Despite significant profit margins, Providence Health and Services is demanding takeaways from nurses and...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In Sunday’s Olympian — State tax ideas pop up — Plenty of advocates are lining up with tax and revenue ideas –...
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has reaffirmed that the AFL-CIO opposes any cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits or to the federal contribution to Medicaid, and...
By Cheryl Felak This past week, a tragic death occurred. Tommy, a 30-year-old developmentally disabled man, died. Among his developmental disabilities Tommy had PICA, a condition...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Seattle Times — Gregoire outlines grim choices for budget cuts — For the fourth year in a row, Gov. Chris...
Hundreds of union volunteers with the Washington State Labor Council’s Labor Neighbor program have made thousands of phone calls to fellow union members across the state,...
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