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Lawmakers in Oregon and Washington have big plans to help working people in this year’s legislative sessions.

Lawmakers supported apprenticeship and green energy, but punted again on proposals to set standards for hospital staffing.

Measures to expedite energy facility siting, promote apprenticeship, and set minimum health care staffing have passed their first chamber.

The Washington State Labor Council will push a “Workers’ Recovery Agenda” that prioritizes workers’ health and safety, and job creation.

As tallied by the AFL-CIO, Southwest Washington has some of the most pro-worker legislators in the state, and some of the most anti-worker.

Washington State Labor Council will soon report on the 2021 legislative session. Judging by a draft version, it was a good session for labor.

Bills to give farm workers the right to overtime pay and create a COVID-19 workers’ comp presumption look likely to pass.

The union movement will be pushing fairly modest proposals when state legislatures meet in Salem and Olympia in 2021.

Oregon and Washington lawmakers have begun their 2020 “short” sessions. Thought timelines are short, labor is still calling on lawmakers to deliver.

Around the nation and in Oregon and Washington, union political efforts bore fruit on election night.