Monday, September 15, 2025 STRIKES ► From PBS News — Boeing workers reject latest contract offer, extending strike at...
Friday, September 5, 2025 STRIKES ► From KOIN — Union members reject district’s ‘final offer’ as Evergreen Public Schools...
Thursday, September 4, 2025 STRIKES ► From the union-busting Columbian — La Center teachers strike demanding ‘a fair contract...
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...
OLYMPIA — The number of Washingtonians with no health insurance has reached 1 million, according to a new report from state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler. About...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Olympian — Budget piece finished— Democrats and Republicans say their plan to close almost one-fourth of the state’s $2 billion...
What do hotel workers want for the holidays? Job security. Livable wages. Benefits. Safe workloads. Dignity. And justice! TAKE A STAND! Support UNITE HERE members who...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In Sunday’s Olympian — Legislators’ plan to aid economy: revenue bonds — With jobless rates hovering near 9% in the Evergreen state,...
The following is the WSLC Legislative Update newsletter distributed Monday, Dec. 12 by the Washington State Labor Council (PDF version). December’s special session ended without action...
On Thursday, Dec. 8, supporters of extending federal unemployment insurance benefits — led by the M.L. King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO — visited the Mercer Island...
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