Support this amazing candidate for seattle city council who is changing the landscape of politics for us all in Washington. She will be the key note speaker at evergreen and is having this event for all in oly.
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We’re young workers who want to band together to make our state a better place. We're you. We're the young workers of AFSCME!
We're public employees in the South Sound region of the Washington Federation of State Employees. We’re social workers, mechanics, higher education employeess, custodians, office assistants, nurses, corrections officers, IT technicians, healthcare and service employees who want to work together. We’re young public employees who want to work together to make our state a better place.
09/19/2014
This wonderful takedown of for-profit colleges by John Oliver reminds me of the awesome resolution to help relieve student debt passed at this year's AFSCME International Convention.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Student Debt (HBO) John Oliver discusses student debt, which is awful, as well as for-profit colleges, who are awfully good at inflicting debt upon us. Connect with Last Week T...
07/09/2014
"With unions already playing a central role in helping to meet the needs working women and their families in the 21st century economy, anyone concerned about the well-being of women should also care about unions."
A Way for Feminism to Overcome its “Class Problem”: Unions » Sociological Images The Nation sparked a robust discussion last week with its incisive online conversation, Does Feminism Have a Class Problem? The panelists addressed the “Lean In” phenomenon, articulating how and why Sheryl Sandberg’s focus on self-improvement – rather than structural barriers and collective action t…
04/15/2014
Here's a short video of highlights of the Staples protest that was put on at the 2014 Labor Notes Conference in Chicago earlier this month!
Chicago Staples protest April 5, 2014 Hundreds of APWU members, joined by labor and community activists, visited a Staples store in Elmwood Park, IL on April 5 to protest a deal between the U.S. ...
"There are too many union officials who try to keep their head under water when corporate America is trying to drown us all." - Tim Sylvester, president, Teamsters local 804, UPS New York. Excellently said at the 2014 annual Labor Notes conference in Chicago today
04/04/2014
Support PSU April 16th!
3 reasons NOW is the time to strike at Portland State The faculty and academic professionals at Portland State University have called for a strike. Learn more about why the working conditions are the students' l...
03/26/2014
Dear Mr. Dolan Cablevision workers from Brooklyn ask CEO James Dolan: Where the papers at? in this awesome new video. Performed live on stage at the 50th Anniversary of the...
Folks with SEIU1199 are going on a three day strike starting on March 14th! BHR provides mental health & substance abuse services to Thurston, Mason and Gray's Harbor Counties.
Save BHR Stand Up for Sustainable Client Services at Behavioral Health Resources
01/03/2014
Grimm future for the Boeing Machinist! Good luck with your vote today! We support you here in the South Sound!
Boeing Has Outmaneuvered Its Union Source: Courtesy Boeing Co.The international labor union representing some 32,000 workers at Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) has forced a January 3 vote on a revised contract offer that Boeing has said must be approved if the company is to build its 777X mini-jumbo jet in Washington state. The local union cha...
12/27/2013
When will the state of Washington's elected officials quite selling its citizens short of a decent future and offering its tax base to line the pockets of these fat CEO's! Enough already, it's time to challenge the governor and the CEO's of companies such as Boeing and Microsoft next time their selling Washingtonians short of their future!
In the Public Interest: Letter to Boeing's Boss - Squeezing workers for corporate welfare The squeeze that you and Boeing are putting on your machinist workers’ pensions, pay scales and your stance on other labor issues regarding the assembling of the new 777X airliners is unseemly for several reasons.
12/14/2013
Check out these workshops on educating members on right-to-work and how harmful it can be:
Workshops to explain how ‘right-to-work’ harms workers, community | The Stand (Dec. 9, 2013) — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO — in conjunction with the Washington State Labor Education and Research Center — is offering workshops in January 2014 for union leaders and community allies that explain what so-called “right-to-work” laws are and how they harm not just u...
Kudos to Lyn Dodson and the 33 women standing up for immigration! http://www.thestand.org/2013/11/wslcs-dodson-32-arrested-women-call-for-immigration-reform/
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