Union News

1. Global strike summer | SAG-AFTRA strikes over AI | Boeing deals

   Friday, July 26, 2024 STRIKES ► From the Yakima Herald (July 19) – Windmill Farms workers conduct work stoppage at Sunnyside mushroom plant – Lorena Avalos, an agricultural worker who helped organize the stoppage, said Windmill Farms has been retaliating against workers ever since a June 13 court hearing. The supervisors enacted new rules wherein […]

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2. How we beat fascism

   WSLC President April Sims calls for organized labor to confront Project 2025 and fascism’s rise by APRIL SIMS (July 25, 2024) The following is an excerpt from Sims’ speech at the Council’s Convention in Wenatchee, lightly edited for clarity. The responsibility organized labor carries towards all working people is always on my mind. In this […]

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3. Pride at Work takes on Project 2025

   Join Pride at Work for a strategy session focused on the impacts of Project 2025 on LGBTQ workers WASHINGTON (July 25, 2024) — As organized labor stands up political work to defend and expand rights and opportunities for working folks, our movement is confronting existential threats to worker power. One such threat, a Heritage Foundation […]

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4. Purcor Pest employees join IBT 117

   Puyallup pest control workers show courage and solidarity becoming the first Purcor Pest employees to unionize in the US From Teamsters local 117: PUYALLUP, WA (July 23, 2024) – On Thursday, July 18th, a decisive majority of workers at Purcor Pest Solutions voted to have Teamsters Local 117 as their union representative. The group of […]

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5. AFL-CIO endorses Harris

   Largest labor organization in the US unanimously endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for President From the AFL-CIO: WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 23, 2024) —Following a vote of its Executive Council, which represents 60 unions and 12.5 million workers, today the AFL-CIO unanimously endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in the 2024 election. “From day one, […]

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6. ‘Unions remain a place of unity and hope’

   Special report from the 2024 WSLC Constitutional Convention WENATCHEE, WA (July 18, 2024) — The 2024 Constitutional Convention convened in Wenatchee on Tuesday, July 16, bringing together union members representing the hundreds of unions that make up the WSLC, and more than half a million union workers state-wide. Under the theme of “Reclaiming Worker Power […]

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