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...
If Congressional Republicans — including Washington’s own U.S. Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler, Dave Reichert, Cathy McMorris Rodgers and “Doc” Hastings — were listening to the American...
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Your least favorite right-wing billionaires, David and Charles Koch (rhymes with “coke,” to the dismay of double-entendre fans) of Kansas, have become poster brothers for yet...
The Stand posts links to Washington state and national news of interest every weekday morning by 9 a.m. Make this electronic “clip service” your first stop...
Businesses fighting L&I citation must now fix hazards during an appeal. Each year, hundreds of workplace hazards across the state are left uncorrected, exposing many workers...
This video depicts the kind of conversation that could be happening right now in Olympia as business lobbyists aggressively push ESB 5566, which would allow “compromise-and-release”...
Oppose compromise and release, Social Security offsets The following column was co-authored by Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council; and Liberty and Andy...
Historic rally urges State Legislature to “Put People First!” A week of successful “We Are One” events across Washington state culminated April 8 in Olympia’s largest...
On March 5, the State Senate passed SB 5566, which would allow employers in Washington state to settle workers’ compensation claims with “compromise-and-release” lump-sum buyouts of...
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