Wednesday, July 16, 2025 STRIKES ► From KING 5 — Trash delays hit dozens of Washington cities amid Teamsters...
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 STRIKES ► From FOX 13 — Trash piles up in Renton amid nationwide Republic Services...
Monday, July 14, 2025 STRIKES ► From Truthout — Sanitation Workers Demand Higher Wages as Trash Pickup Strikes Spread...
LOCAL ► In Saturday’s (Longview) Daily News — Picket line forces shutdown at EGT port terminal — EGT Development indefinitely shut down its $200 million...
Cross posted from AFL-CIO Now. If you’ve been following the news on the various proposals to reduce national spending as part of a deal to raise...
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE ► In today’s Yakima H-R — Hundreds protest USPS proposal to move mail-sorting operations to Pasco — It was standing room only...
By David Groves We need more time, corporate lobbying groups say. We need more time to make our case to workers about why they shouldn’t form...
BOEING ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — Boeing decision on 737 engine likely to benefit workers in state — The decision to extend the life...
By John Burbank We have a big private-sector economy, which is floundering in stagnation. Chief among the victims are middle-class Americans, some on the verge of...
LOCAL ► In today’s (Longview) Daily News — Oregon-based operators’ union will accept jobs at EGT terminal — Unionized operating engineers said Tuesday they will...
The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO announced today that SEIU Healthcare 1199NW is affiliating with the WSLC, the largest labor organization in the state, representing the...
The Stand recently added a new calendar of labor events around Washington state. If you have seen it, then you know about the following coming events...
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