Friday, February 14, 2025 LOCAL ► From MyNorthwest — Bremerton shipyard cuts employee resource groups — “The executive order is certainly demeaning and a little derogatory,” Mark Leighton, president of the Bremerton Metal Trades Council, representing around 9,000 workers, told The Seattle Times Thursday. “We don’t have any token people here. You can either […]
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Alleging wage theft, union workers are pursuing a class action lawsuit over the City’s payroll system covering thousands of employees SEATTLE, WA (February 14, 2025) — Three unionized workers initiated a class action lawsuit against the City of Seattle for wage theft, over claims arising out of the City’s implementation of a new payroll system. […]
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Thursday, February 13, 2025 LOCAL ► From the Spokesman Review — ‘We cannot feed ourselves as a country’: Northwest agriculture could be in jeopardy if mass deportations happen, farm groups warn — “Food inflation was a critical issue when it came to the ballot box in November. If you start to deport every single […]
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As billionaires rampage through government, the AFL-CIO encourages working people to share how this anti-worker agenda has impacted them WASHINGTON D.C. (February 13, 2025) — Under a cover story of “efficiency,” an unelected billionaire is dismantling the government agencies and structures that provide essential public services and protect working people from exploitation. In a frantic […]
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Wednesday, February 12, 2025 TODAY’S MUST-READ ► From Vanity Fair — The Federal Workforce Resistance to Donald Trump Is Here — Federal civil servants, who in normal times simply keep their heads down and do their jobs in their respective corners of the government, take an oath to support and defend the Constitution of […]
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A dedicated advocate and the first Black woman elected to a statewide position with WEA, Janie White has a vision for the future SEATTLE, WA (February 12, 2025) — Janie White remembers the exact moment when she realized the power of a union. When she was a young girl, teachers at her school went on […]
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