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Politics

Portland-area labor unions weigh in on May 17 primary races

NOLC and AFSCME decide not to take sides between Wheeler and Bailey for mayor.
Washington

Washington State Labor Council opposes carbon tax Initiative 732

I-732 was supposed to be revenue neutral, but would cost the state $914 million over four years.
Green Jobs

A labor report from the Paris climate summit

Washington AFL-CIO’s Jeff Johnson tells why he was there, and why labor MUST get involved.
Politics

Labor highlights from the November 3 general election

For workers, this year’s low-turnout Nov. 3 election was a mix of successes and setbacks.
Washington

State AFL-CIO scores Washington lawmakers

Four SW Washington Democrats get 100 percent, but a Centralia Republican leads the anti-labor pack
Union democracy

Washington AFL-CIO re-elects leadership

All candidates ran unopposed. The elections are every four years.
Politics

A labor union look at the ballot in Washington

WSLC wants a pro-worker majority to retake the state senate
Jobs

Southwest Washington students get taste of construction careers

About 1,200 high school students took part in the construction job fair
Washington

Washington State Labor Council issues political endorsements

State labor federation backs challenger to SW Washington Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler
Politics

Washington State Labor Council lays out agenda for 2014 Legislature

State AFL-CIO wants sick leave, crackdown on worker abuse, and a $15/hr minimum wage
Politics

Labor backs Washington measure to label GMOs

Monsanto opposes the requirement to label genetically engineered foods.
Building our communities

Labor Roundtable holds awards dinner

Vancouver group names Temple Lentz of OFNHP "union member of the year"
Politics

2013: Not a good year for labor in Olympia

After two Democrats defected, Washingtonians got a bitterly partisan Legislature
Union democracy

Washington AFL-CIO convention: ‘Labor can’t do it alone’

Resolution calls for continued fight for new I-5 bridge with light rail
In Memoriam

Larry Kenney, 1930-2013

The former president of the Washington State Labor Council started as a printers union activist
Washington

Unions prepare to play defense in Washington Legislature

Grief for labor as Democratic turncoats turn the Washington state senate over to Republicans.
Politics

A union guide to the Washington ballot

Top priority is governor's race, but labor backs same-sex marriage and marijuana legalization too.
Politics

Labor-backed candidates in Washington advance from primary

Jay Inslee, a former Democratic congressman, was the top vote-getter for governor.
Washington

Washington Labor Council ‘opposes’ Herrera Beutler

No established Democrat has filed to run against the one-term anti-union Republican Congresswoman.
Washington

AFL-CIO backs Inslee over McKenna for Washington governor

The early endorsement comes as Republican McKenna leads in the polls.
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