Friday, May 2, 2025 LOCAL ► From the Seattle Times — More than 1,000 gather to mark May Day...
Thursday, May 1, 2025 MAY DAY ► From NPR — May Day protesters will rally nationwide against the ‘war...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 STRIKES ► From the Oregon AFL-CIO: University of Oregon student workers are holding down the...
TRADE ► From Reuters — U.S. trade bills advance, but clash clouds future — U.S. trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama cleared initial...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► From AP — New round of layoffs begin in state government — The heaviest reductions are taking place at the Department of...
By John Burbank This week we celebrated our nation’s 235th birthday. That birth was announced in the Declaration of Independence, which asserted that “… all men...
UPDATE: July 7 at SeattlePI.com — Supporters cheer for mandate for Seattle paid sick leave — A packed room of vocal supporters cheered a government proposal...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In the Olympian — Interpreters get union contract — Washington is one of 14 states that pay medical interpreters to help Medicaid...
Washington state disproportionately benefits from a federal program to help workers and businesses harmed by U.S. trade policies. As Republican leaders in Congress try to kill...
BOEING-N.L.R.B. ► From AP — Judge denies Boeing motion to dismiss labor case — A federal judge on Thursday denied Boeing’s request to toss out...
By Mark P. Martinez Apprenticeship is an educational model that combines on-the-job training and classroom instruction to teach all aspects of a highly skilled occupation. Apprentices...
SEATTLE (June 30) — In a 19-page ruling issued today, Judge Clifford Anderson rejected “in its entirety” Boeing’s motion to dismiss the NLRB case challenging its...
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