Today's labour news
Washington State’s largest labor union endorses ‘uncommitted’ over Biden 2024-03-01 [NBC]
Washington Homegrown Sustainable Sandwiches Fired a Union Organizer—and Sparked an Organizing Drive 2024-02-28 [In These Times]
Washington Strikes and a Boycott Win a Better Deal from Macy’s 2024-02-18 [Labour Notes]
Washington Macy's Washington workers strike for wage, safety and health issues, agree on new deal 2024-01-26 [KIMA]
Washington WSU Student Workers Strike, Get Deal 2024-01-19 [Inside Higher Ed]
Washington Macy's workers launch ULP strike on MLK Day 2024-01-18 [UFCW 3000]
Washington Students demand UW cut ties with Starbucks over union-busting 2024-01-11 [The Stand]
Washington As bargaining continues, Macy's workers prepare for a bigger strike 2023-12-03 [UFCW 3000]
Washington Workers Sue Windmill Farms to Demand Fair Treatment and Union Recognition 2023-11-29 [UFW]
Washington Macy's workers in Washington state to strike for three days from Black Friday 2023-11-24 [Reuters]
Washington Starbucks illegally kept wages, benefits form union workers For more info 2023-10-03 [Bloomberg]
Washington With 3 recent wins, Starbucks union gains traction in Eastern WA 2023-09-21 [Crosscut]
Washington Mushroom workers and community members rally in support of union drive 2023-09-07 [Real Change]
Washington Advocates ramp up support in Seattle for farmworker union recognition 2023-09-03 [The Times]
Washington Healthcare workers to rally at Kaiser Permanente Washington in Capitol Hill 2023-07-27 [SEIU]
Washington It's hot. For farmworkers without federal heat protections, it could be life or death 2023-07-10 [NPR]
Washington Outdoor workers will soon benefit from revised heat protections 2023-07-07 [JJKeller]
Washington NLRB sues Starbucks over treatment of Seattle workers 2023-07-07 [Reuters]
Washington Butting heads: Tacoma Art Museum board and workers differ on who’s eligible to join union 2023-06-24 [News Tribune]
Washington Richland onion processor pays nearly $90K to workers after overtime investigation 2023-06-24 [Tri-City Herald]
Washington Starbucks Agrees to Give Unionized Workers Back Pay for Missed UW Game Shifts 2023-06-16 [Eater]
Washington “American exports sitting idle at the docks” as union actions shut down Port of Seattle 2023-06-11 [KIRO]
VIDEO Washington Port of Seattle cargo operations 'shut down' amid labor negotiations For more info 2023-06-11 [KING5]
Washington PMA says US West Coast port workers shut down Port of Seattle; workers' union denies claim 2023-06-11 [Reuters]
VIDEO Washington Growing Anger & West Coast Work Action: ILWU Local 52 Past Pres Gabriel Prawl On Firings In Seattle For more info 2023-06-05 [LVP]
Washington Supreme Court Rules Against Seattle-Based Workers 2023-06-05 [Urbanist]
Washington In blow to unions, Supreme Court rules Glacier Northwest can pursue strike damage claim 2023-06-02 [NBC]
Washington Supreme Court rules against union in labor dispute involving truck drivers and wet concrete 2023-06-02 [FOX]
Washington Seattle Amazon workers plan walkout Wednesday over layoffs, return-to-office mandate 2023-05-31 [KIRO]
Washington Seattle Amazon Workers Plan Walkout Over Return to Office, Climate Concerns 2023-05-28 [Slashdot]
Washington Seattle Amazon workers plan walkout over return to office, layoffs 2023-05-23 [Seattle Times]
Washington Victory in WA mushrooms, but still a long way to go 2023-05-20 [UFW]
Washington Farmworkers continue to speak out about conditions at Sunnyside mushroom plant 2023-05-09 [The Herald]
Washington Efforts to unionize agricultural workers in WA face long-standing hurdles 2023-04-30 [The Herald]
Washington Most gig workers paid sick leave under new Seattle law 2023-03-30 [ABC]
Washington Seattle groups rally against Amazon’s alleged union busting in Kentucky 2023-03-27 [The Times]
Washington Starbucks union fight shows hard road for many toward contract 2023-03-05 [Columbia]
Washington Statement from Alphabet Workers Union-CWA in support of Seattle ordinance to ban caste discrimination 2023-02-23 [Alphabet Workers Union]
Washington After layoffs, ex-Amazon workers wonder about ‘Earth’s Best Employer’ 2023-02-12 [Columbian]
Washington Senators hear from healthcare workers on hospital staffing crisis 2023-01-18 [WSNA]
Washington Ostrom mushroom workers in Sunnyside rally again for union recognition 2023-01-15 [Yakima Herald-Republic]
Washington Kroger workers across Western Washington haven’t received proper wages over two months 2022-12-18 [NWPB]
VIDEO Washington Seattle ILWU Longshore Local 19 & 52 Workers Fight Coast Guard Land Grab Of Working Port Terminals For more info 2022-11-25 [LVP]
Washington Advocates say rules protecting outdoor workers from heat aren't being enforced 2022-09-28 [NPR]
Washington Tumwater Starbucks workers announce they will strike Friday and Saturday 2022-09-09 [Olympian]
VIDEO Washington Seattle cancels first day of school as teachers go on strike 2022-09-07 [Aljazeera]
Washington Seattle CEO Dan Price, who cut his pay so workers earned $70K, resigns 2022-08-19 [KOMO]
Washington Seattle Area Verizon Wireless Retail Workers Ratify First Union Contract, Drive Organizing Momentum at Telecom Giant 2022-08-10 [CWA]
Washington Agriculture workers look to retain momentum of pandemic strikes 2022-07-08 [Crosscut]
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