Thursday, April 2, 2026 LOCAL ► From OPB — Trump administration push to bring more guest farmworkers is slow...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026 STRIKES ► From Forbes — Why JBS Meat Packing Workers Are On A Historic Strike...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 STRIKES ► From the Willamette Week — Portland Community College Reaches Tentative Agreement With Faculty...
UPDATE (March 8, 2012) — The House has passed the Washington Filmworks renewal legislation and tit is headed to Gov. Cgris Gregoire’s desk for signature. OLYMPIA...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► From AP — Top lawmakers work toward budget deal— Lawmakers are hoping to strike a budget deal before the 60-day legislative session...
SEATTLE — With the slow recovery from the Great Recession still underway, unemployment in the United States remains at levels not seen for decades. Benefits dwindle;...
UPDATE — The deadline for film submissions has been extended to Friday, April 20. At its 2011 Convention, Washington State Labor Council delegates approved a resolution...
By SEN. NICK HARPER The life-blood of democracy is transparency. Transparency is the only way in which the democratic process can truly be representative of the...
SENATE COUP ► In The Olympian — GOP coup moves budget ahead in Senate as three Democrats defect— The blow-up killed a series of bills...
OLYMPIA (March 5) — Senate Republicans, with the assistance of three Democrats, staged a coup Friday night using an arcane parliamentary procedure to seize control and...
POLITICS ► Breaking news, from the Seattle Times — Norm Dicks announces retirement from Congress— U.S. Norm Dicks, the longest-serving member of Congress from Washington...
The following Action Alert was distributed by UNITE HERE Local 8: SEATAC (Mar. 2) — The Port of Seattle is proposing to bring McDonald’s into SeaTac...
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