Union protesters hold off police in Longview dispute
LONGVIEW, Wash. — Hundreds of union protesters blocking a grain shipment in southwest Washington state rushed police officers who tried to make arrests and forced them to retreat.
View ArticleUpdate: Judge orders Longshoremen to stand down
LONGVIEW, Wash. — A federal judge is ordering union protesters to halt illegal activity as they battle for the right to work at a new grain terminal in Washington state. The judge issued a preliminary...
View ArticleApple continues to be plagued by reports on labor conditions
Apple has been taking a lot of heat lately for working conditions at plants making its products in China.There've been stories in The New York Times, an hour was devoted to the subject on This American...
View ArticleSpace Needle workers say labor dispute is escalating
A labor dispute is heating up between workers at the Space Needle and the private owners of Seattle’s most famous landmark.
View ArticleAnalyst calls SPEEA decision on Boeing contract 'total capitulation'
Boeing’s refusing to make any improvements in the contract it has offered technical workers. The union says it will now put that same offer out for another vote, a move that an analyst characterizes as...
View ArticleOne grain exporter reaches labor deal; picket lines at another
There are several new developments Wednesday in a long-running labor dispute between unionized longshoremen and Northwest grain terminal operators. One grain exporter announced it reached a contract...
View ArticleLabor Dispute Halts Some Work on Seattle's Tunnel Project
Seattle's waterfront tunnel project is huge. At its height, it's supposed to create almost 3,900 jobs. In a move that shows how important each one of those jobs is, longshoremen headed out to a picket...
View ArticleMental Health Clinicians In Thurston, Mason And Grays Harbor Counties Go On...
More than 150 case managers, therapists and other employees of Behavioral Health Resources have walked off the job for a three-day strike. The agency provides mental-health and substance-abuse services...
View ArticleBerry Pickers Sue Sakuma Brothers Farms, Allege Retaliation After Last Year’s...
Editor's note: The story has been updated to clarify that the berry pickers formed a workers' association. They did not form a union by holding an election under the National Labor Relations Act.Berry...
View ArticleWhat Is The Farm Guest Worker Program And Why Is It Controversial In Wash....
People in Seattle are familiar with the H-1B visa program that brings high-tech employees from abroad, but another, more obscure foreign worker program has churned up a lot of controversy in the state...
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