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A night of wins for working people
Around the nation and in Oregon and Washington, union political efforts bore fruit on election night.
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For Washington working people, best legislative session in years
Union-backed bills that were blocked when Republicans ran the state Senate had much better results this year.
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With logjam gone, new life for labor bills that died last year
Infrastructure and equal pay bills are already moving one week into the session.
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Washington AFL-CIO rates state lawmakers for key 2017 votes
Paid family leave was a landmark win, but legislators tested anti-union bills in the GOP-held Senate.
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State AFL-CIO scores Washington lawmakers
Four SW Washington Democrats get 100 percent, but a Centralia Republican leads the anti-labor pack
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Washington Legislature budget battle nearly closes state government
An 11th hour deal increases school funding and gives public employees first raise in 7 years.
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2013: Not a good year for labor in Olympia
After two Democrats defected, Washingtonians got a bitterly partisan Legislature
