Monday, July 21, 2025 LOCAL ► From KUOW — Here’s where NPR programming is broadcast in WA — and...
Friday, July 18, 2025 STRIKES ► KOMO — Garbage strike continues as Kent, Bellevue offer new trash drop-off sites...
Thursday, July 17, 2025 STRIKES ► From My Northwest — Local residents fed up with Republic Services strikes —...
The 2011 Convention of the Washington State Labor Council, the state’s largest union organization which represents more than 500 union organizations with 400,000 rank-and-file members, will...
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...
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