Washington labor legislation update Apr 14, 2021 Bills to give farm workers the right to overtime pay and create a COVID-19 workers’ comp presumption look likely to pass.
Labor prepares 2021 state legislative agendas Dec 30, 2020 The union movement will be pushing fairly modest proposals when state legislatures meet in Salem and Olympia in 2021.
Lawmaking season in Oregon and Washington Feb 5, 2020 Oregon and Washington lawmakers have begun their 2020 “short” sessions. Thought timelines are short, labor is still calling on lawmakers to deliver.
A night of wins for working people Nov 13, 2018 Around the nation and in Oregon and Washington, union political efforts bore fruit on election night.
For Washington working people, best legislative session in years Apr 4, 2018 Union-backed bills that were blocked when Republicans ran the state Senate had much better results this year.
With logjam gone, new life for labor bills that died last year Jan 16, 2018 Infrastructure and equal pay bills are already moving one week into the session.
Washington AFL-CIO rates state lawmakers for key 2017 votes Aug 30, 2017 Paid family leave was a landmark win, but legislators tested anti-union bills in the GOP-held Senate.
State AFL-CIO scores Washington lawmakers Aug 19, 2015 Four SW Washington Democrats get 100 percent, but a Centralia Republican leads the anti-labor pack
Washington Legislature budget battle nearly closes state government Jul 14, 2015 An 11th hour deal increases school funding and gives public employees first raise in 7 years.
2013: Not a good year for labor in Olympia Jul 30, 2013 After two Democrats defected, Washingtonians got a bitterly partisan Legislature
