WA child care workers are celebrating a seat at the table after the Senate passed HB 1128. Backed by 2k+ advocates & SEIU Local 925 the bill creates a Child Care Workforce Standards Board to tackle low wages, understaffing & the state’s child care crisis.
https://ow.ly/GMxP50YpReO
The AFL-CIO, AFGE & AFSCME joined PEER in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s Schedule Policy/Career rule, warning it could strip civil service protections from tens of thousands of federal workers and replace nonpartisan experts with political loyalists
https://ow.ly/sJXe50YpQVK
Today's News:
✍️Child care less affordable
✍️WA linking carbon markets with CA, QC
✍️9th Circuit considers mandatory detention
✍️”No tax on overtime”
✍️NIH no longer recognizes union
https://ow.ly/u0yZ50YpQSb
Rich Eldridge (L) and Quincy Zanders (R). Photo: Teamsters 117 stand side by side near loading dock doors numbered 26 and 27, wearing safety vests and work attire.
Members of Teamsters 117 at City Ice in Seattle unanimously ratified a new three-year contract with wage, pension increases & stronger benefits. “In the 20 years I’ve been here, this is probably our best contract,” said longtime Teamster Richard Eldridge.
https://ow.ly/a4Rk50Ypk1T
Worker in orange safety vest and white helmet adjusting green industrial equipment outdoors at a construction site.
Women in Construction Week celebrates the more than 1 million women building roads, bridges, and skylines across the U.S. Women now make up over 11% of the construction workforce, as union apprenticeship programs expand and open more pathways into the trades.
https://ow.ly/Myxa50YpjUH
Today's News:
✍️Portland colleges set strike date
✍️50% more U.S billionaires since ‘17
✍️NLRB has 17k open ULP cases
✍️Sex workers organizing over IP rights
✍️2025 working family tax credit
https://ow.ly/Abn350YpjLi
📸 Say “Tax the Rich to fund our schools!”
#waleg #taxtherich
Labor leaders from Pierce County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO & the Tacoma Joint Labor Committee endorsed Yolanda Lewis for Tacoma City Manager, highlighting her executive experience, fiscal discipline, transparency, & commitment to accountability ahead of today’s vote.
https://ow.ly/YhJ250YoPOs
From FUJ Washington: while a bill to enshrine farmworkers’ right to collectively bargain didn’t get a floor vote this session, farm workers will continue to organize and fight for justice.
“We do not despair but we rise to the occasion. We will continue to do so.” #WaLeg
https://ow.ly/T5zn50YoPKY
Today's News:
✍️UberEats drivers working during missile attacks
✍️Sectoral bargaining for US workers
✍️Labor Secretary’s top aides forced out
✍️Worker insecurity raises safety threats
✍️VA Dept. cuts thousands of roles for doctors & nurses
https://ow.ly/mmJq50YoOCH
Amanda Gonzales won reinstatement after being fired by Battle Ground Public Schools over a false claim she made negative remarks about Charlie Kirk. The Battle Ground Education Assoc. says her reinstatement affirms the need for due process & protecting educators’ rights.
https://ow.ly/NykR50Yog0e
Rep. Thomas, WSLC VP & Casa Latina’s Silvia Gonzalez, Sen. Saldaña (D-Seattle) and members of Casa Latina pose with a banner to celebrate passage of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. Photo: Casa Latina
WA lawmakers approved HB 2355, creating a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights guaranteeing minimum wage, written agreements, termination notice & anti-discrimination protections. It ends decades of exclusion & marks a historic win for domestic workers statewide. #WaLeg
https://ow.ly/52bR50YofNK
Today's News:
✍️Protecting child care providers in WA budget
✍️Automation & AI
✍️Lessons from nurse strikes
✍️WA tribes brace for Trump ICE crackdown
✍️SCOTUS decision to affect midterms?
https://ow.ly/J1vA50YofA5
This Women’s History Month, we celebrate the power of women’s leadership in our movement. From breaking barriers to building worker power, women across our unions continue to redefine what’s possible in the fight for dignity and justice on the job.
#womenshistorymonth #WHM
Supplemental budget proposals under consideration in the State Legislature would cut higher ed. funding by 1.5%, even as UW generates $21B & WSU $4B annually for the state economy. WFSE/AFSCME Council 28 is asking for labor siblings support to prevent cuts & closures ➡️
https://ow.ly/uBNB50Yngk6
A new report on nearly 1M local Uber trips finds most miles are without passengers—boosting congestion and pollution while lowering drivers’ earnings. Drivers Union rideshare drivers are calling for a pause in new drivers & fair rules for onboarding.
https://ow.ly/JiEP50Yngge
Today's News:
✍️Kent WEA teachers save jobs
✍️Affordable child care
✍️100yrs of Black workers telling the truth
✍️Block cuts 40% of staff because of AI
✍️Organizing Whole Foods
https://ow.ly/ReBC50Yng8v
‼️MAJOR NEWS‼️ The Millionaires Tax is one step closer to passage. Thank you to the Representatives on the House Finance committee that voted to stand with working people! #WAleg
Our tax system is broken. It’s time to tax millionaires to fund education, child care and health care! #waleg
HB 1570, granting collective bargaining rights to OSEs at WWU (UAW Region 6) advanced from Senate Labor & Commerce and heads to Ways & Means. After repeated union filings and a strike win, worker organizing is pushing this key bill forward this session. #WALeg
https://ow.ly/nfTw50YmEob
Group of SEIU 925 workers holding signs demanding better treatment and overdue wages for employees outside a brick UW building.
After nearly a month with an expired contract, UW Library, Press, & Continuum College workers with SEIU Local 925 marched on the boss with a 400-signature petition. Workers are rejecting a meager 1% raise offer & seeking better pay & layoff protections.
https://ow.ly/T0h550YmE95
Today's News:
✍️Millionaires Tax ‘hardly radical’
✍️Trump policies create barriers for energy jobs
✍️1941 general strike
✍️’No confidence’ in PeaceHealth leadership
✍️H-2A fraud & forced labor in central WA
https://ow.ly/UFoa50YmE1o
Group of people at a rally holding a yellow sign that reads 'Families First' with colorful handprints and hearts.
Today's News:
✍️WA tax code ‘century-old artifact’
✍️AAUP union surge
✍️WA families could lose housing assistance
✍️Courts say IRS can share immigrant data with ICE
✍️US House rejects air safety bill
https://ow.ly/INlc50Ym7Ig
Tacoma General and Mary Bridge Washington State Nurses Association nurses ratified new 3-year contracts with 15.46% average raises. The deals protect staffing ratios at Tacoma General and set national-standard, committee-approved staffing plans for NICU nurses.
https://ow.ly/7bVV50Ym6YY
Gov. Ferguson has appointed WSLC, AFL-CIO President April Sims as co-chair of the WA Workforce Board & reappointed Cherika Carter to represent labor. The Board oversees 16 workforce programs & nearly $1B in funding, promoting work-based learning & advising state leaders.
https://ow.ly/zII150Ym6C4
A. Philip Randolph is a labor legend, pictured here in Seattle. The local chapter of the A. Philip Randolph Institute is represented on the WSLC Exec Board by Gabriel Prawl—a lion in our movement, a dedicated advocate in the unified fight for workers’ rights and civil rights. ✊🏾#BlackHistoryMonth
Today's News:
✍️SEIU Local 925 UW librarians still without a contract
✍️Month long CA HI Kaiser strike ends
✍️37k fake sign-ins for Millionaire tax
✍️ Whitman College staff seek recognition
✍️United hiding $1B in unpaid crew cost
https://ow.ly/vysH50YlhTJ
Logo of South Seattle College Georgetown Labor Center featuring a raised fist holding a hammer and a pen.
Washington’s Labor Education & Research Center is offering two spring courses for union members & allies: a 3 session hybrid training on power-based organizing in March, & a 4-day management workshop with Cornell ILR in April–May. More info & to Register ➡️
https://ow.ly/khRJ50YlhpZ
A “labor shortage” is often cited as a reason infrastructure work is on hold. But with thousands of construction workers and apprentices out of work, WA BCTC Executive Secretary Heather Kurtenbach argues the workforce exists—steady projects don’t.
https://ow.ly/XLVl50YlhmK
Testimony begins with April Sims, Prez of @wslc.bsky.social!
"WA's upside-down tax code pulls the rug out from under working families." Costs are rising as federal govt cuts are hurting people.
"it's time for the wealthiest people in the history of this world who call WA home to pay their share."
