Washington State Labor Council AFL-CIO
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Largest labor organization in Washington State, representing more than half a million working people.
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"Cruz" shares, "It's supposed to rain all week. The road is nothing but mud. The tires sink and I feel the strain in my whole body. But here in the fields, we can’t stop. We push through. Because behind every row of crops, there are families depending on this work. #WeFeedYou
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"Cruz" shares, "It's supposed to rain all week. The road is nothing but mud. The tires sink and I feel the strain in my whole body. But here in the fields, we can’t stop. We push through. Because behind every row of crops, there are families depending on this work. #WeFeedYou
On Native Women’s Equal Pay Day, we’re resharing a 2023 article exploring how unions use collective power to expand opportunity for Native workers—building partnerships with tribal communities, reshaping apprenticeship access & removing barriers to union careers.
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How we close Native American Women’s pay gap
Apprenticeship lifts up Indigenous women and their communities By SARAH TUCKER SEATTLE (Nov. 30, 2023) — At 5’-1½, Christina Riley is not the stereotypical image of a journeyman laborer. With a laugh, she’d be the first to tell you that. But not only is Riley a laborer by trade, she’s a natural organizer, an […]
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November 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
On Native Women’s Equal Pay Day, we’re resharing a 2023 article exploring how unions use collective power to expand opportunity for Native workers—building partnerships with tribal communities, reshaping apprenticeship access & removing barriers to union careers.
https://ow.ly/sFeb50XtOGK
https://ow.ly/sFeb50XtOGK
Today we mark Native Women’s Equal Pay Day. Indigenous women face higher rates of poverty, unemployment, and violence, legacies of colonialism that still fuel economic and social injustice to this day. One way we push back: strong union contracts that ensure fair pay, rights, and dignity on the job
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Today we mark Native Women’s Equal Pay Day. Indigenous women face higher rates of poverty, unemployment, and violence, legacies of colonialism that still fuel economic and social injustice to this day. One way we push back: strong union contracts that ensure fair pay, rights, and dignity on the job
Starbucks Workers United have launched the Red Cup Rebellion — an open-ended ULP strike over Starbucks’ stonewalling & union-busting. “You are giving hope to millions, showing what’s possible when workers stand up, link arms & refuse to back down,” -WSLC ST Cherika Carter.
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No contract, no coffee: Starbucks workers strike — The STAND
Citing hundreds of unfair labor practices, baristas are on strike in Starbucks' home town and dozens more cities around the U.S.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Starbucks Workers United have launched the Red Cup Rebellion — an open-ended ULP strike over Starbucks’ stonewalling & union-busting. “You are giving hope to millions, showing what’s possible when workers stand up, link arms & refuse to back down,” -WSLC ST Cherika Carter.
https://ow.ly/87vX50XrWpo
https://ow.ly/87vX50XrWpo
Ziply Fiber workers represented by IBEW Local 89 have been in contract talks since January. Fighting for fair wages, benefits, safety & job security, they’ll hold an informational picket 11/15 in Beaverton to keep pressure on for a fair deal.
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Fiber workers' info pickets connect with community — The STAND
Heading back into contract negotiations, Ziply Fiber workers are building broad support and standing united
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November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ziply Fiber workers represented by IBEW Local 89 have been in contract talks since January. Fighting for fair wages, benefits, safety & job security, they’ll hold an informational picket 11/15 in Beaverton to keep pressure on for a fair deal.
https://ow.ly/ayf750XrVmp
https://ow.ly/ayf750XrVmp
Today's News:
✍️Lessons from ski patrol organizing
✍️Boeing strike ends
✍️States rush to send out SNAP
✍️Trump plans deep housing cuts
✍️Vigils for ICE detention deaths
https://ow.ly/sYXU50XrVk0
✍️Lessons from ski patrol organizing
✍️Boeing strike ends
✍️States rush to send out SNAP
✍️Trump plans deep housing cuts
✍️Vigils for ICE detention deaths
https://ow.ly/sYXU50XrVk0
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Today's News:
✍️Lessons from ski patrol organizing
✍️Boeing strike ends
✍️States rush to send out SNAP
✍️Trump plans deep housing cuts
✍️Vigils for ICE detention deaths
https://ow.ly/sYXU50XrVk0
✍️Lessons from ski patrol organizing
✍️Boeing strike ends
✍️States rush to send out SNAP
✍️Trump plans deep housing cuts
✍️Vigils for ICE detention deaths
https://ow.ly/sYXU50XrVk0
No Contract! No Coffee! No Crossing the picket line! Solidarity ♾️ with Starbucks Workers United
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
No Contract! No Coffee! No Crossing the picket line! Solidarity ♾️ with Starbucks Workers United
A federal court has ruled the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette broke the law by bargaining in bad faith and imposing conditions on union journalists. “We are stronger, braver, and more principled than any boss can possibly imagine,” The NewsGuild-CWA President Jon Schleuss
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November 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A federal court has ruled the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette broke the law by bargaining in bad faith and imposing conditions on union journalists. “We are stronger, braver, and more principled than any boss can possibly imagine,” The NewsGuild-CWA President Jon Schleuss
https://ow.ly/XgFJ50Xrjye
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After a 43-day shutdown, Congress passed a short-term funding bill without addressing soaring 2026 healthcare costs. “We’ll remember who fought for affordable care—and who backed the GOP’s anti-worker agenda putting billionaires over families,” WSLC President April Sims.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
After a 43-day shutdown, Congress passed a short-term funding bill without addressing soaring 2026 healthcare costs. “We’ll remember who fought for affordable care—and who backed the GOP’s anti-worker agenda putting billionaires over families,” WSLC President April Sims.
https://ow.ly/lwmU50XrjjR
https://ow.ly/lwmU50XrjjR
Today's News:
✍️Starbucks Workers United Strike
✍️Federal workers’ sacrifice
✍️WA apprenticeships on the rise
✍️Return of the recognition strike
✍️19,600 UC workers reach TA
https://ow.ly/Gi5p50XrklC
✍️Starbucks Workers United Strike
✍️Federal workers’ sacrifice
✍️WA apprenticeships on the rise
✍️Return of the recognition strike
✍️19,600 UC workers reach TA
https://ow.ly/Gi5p50XrklC
November 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Today's News:
✍️Starbucks Workers United Strike
✍️Federal workers’ sacrifice
✍️WA apprenticeships on the rise
✍️Return of the recognition strike
✍️19,600 UC workers reach TA
https://ow.ly/Gi5p50XrklC
✍️Starbucks Workers United Strike
✍️Federal workers’ sacrifice
✍️WA apprenticeships on the rise
✍️Return of the recognition strike
✍️19,600 UC workers reach TA
https://ow.ly/Gi5p50XrklC
🚨 SOLIDARITY WITH STARBUCKS WORKERS ON STRIKE
Stand with Starbucks Workers United and don’t buy Starbucks at any location for the duration of the strike.
NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE‼️
Stand with Starbucks Workers United and don’t buy Starbucks at any location for the duration of the strike.
NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE‼️
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🚨 SOLIDARITY WITH STARBUCKS WORKERS ON STRIKE
Stand with Starbucks Workers United and don’t buy Starbucks at any location for the duration of the strike.
NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE‼️
Stand with Starbucks Workers United and don’t buy Starbucks at any location for the duration of the strike.
NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE‼️
After eight months of bargaining for fair pay, full health room staffing, & sick leave parity, LWESP will go on strike Nov. 17 if the district refuses to agree to a fair contract. Join the workers for a solidarity rally today from 4–6 p.m. at the LWSD Redmond office.
https://ow.ly/Efw150XqJ7J
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November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
After eight months of bargaining for fair pay, full health room staffing, & sick leave parity, LWESP will go on strike Nov. 17 if the district refuses to agree to a fair contract. Join the workers for a solidarity rally today from 4–6 p.m. at the LWSD Redmond office.
https://ow.ly/Efw150XqJ7J
https://ow.ly/Efw150XqJ7J
Today's News:
✍️Snohomish bargains to cut pensions
✍️Shutdown vote
✍️Detroit Arts workers unionize
✍️ACA could collapse under GOP plan
✍️Mega strike in NZ
https://ow.ly/3T2l50XqJ26
✍️Snohomish bargains to cut pensions
✍️Shutdown vote
✍️Detroit Arts workers unionize
✍️ACA could collapse under GOP plan
✍️Mega strike in NZ
https://ow.ly/3T2l50XqJ26
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Today's News:
✍️Snohomish bargains to cut pensions
✍️Shutdown vote
✍️Detroit Arts workers unionize
✍️ACA could collapse under GOP plan
✍️Mega strike in NZ
https://ow.ly/3T2l50XqJ26
✍️Snohomish bargains to cut pensions
✍️Shutdown vote
✍️Detroit Arts workers unionize
✍️ACA could collapse under GOP plan
✍️Mega strike in NZ
https://ow.ly/3T2l50XqJ26
Medical neglect and “atrociously unsafe” actions by armed immigration guards are endangering patients, healthcare workers, and detained migrants in Tacoma, say local community groups and labor unions like UFCW 3000.
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'Hospitals are for healing, not detention' — The STAND
Medical neglect leads to private prison guards at St. Josephs in Tacoma endangering patients, healthcare workers, and community members.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Medical neglect and “atrociously unsafe” actions by armed immigration guards are endangering patients, healthcare workers, and detained migrants in Tacoma, say local community groups and labor unions like UFCW 3000.
https://ow.ly/JwTe50XqIXX
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We stand in gratitude with every veteran who has served our country — thank you for your service. 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We stand in gratitude with every veteran who has served our country — thank you for your service. 🇺🇸
AFSCME, AFGE National & NAGE union have filed suit challenging the Trump-Vance administration’s “loyalty question” on federal job applications, arguing it’s unconstitutional & undermines the nonpartisan civil service by forcing political allegiance.
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Federal unions sue over 'loyalty tests' — The STAND
New Labor-led lawsuit seeks to protect the nonpartisan civil service from the latest Trump-Vance administration attacks
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November 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
AFSCME, AFGE National & NAGE union have filed suit challenging the Trump-Vance administration’s “loyalty question” on federal job applications, arguing it’s unconstitutional & undermines the nonpartisan civil service by forcing political allegiance.
https://ow.ly/oflo50XoBhx
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Today's News:
✍️Controllers ‘mentally drained’
✍️Trump admin challenges SNAP order
✍️Shutdown deal?
✍️80k may strike across UC
✍️Thousands in WA to lose insurance
https://ow.ly/Wwpa50XoBfS
✍️Controllers ‘mentally drained’
✍️Trump admin challenges SNAP order
✍️Shutdown deal?
✍️80k may strike across UC
✍️Thousands in WA to lose insurance
https://ow.ly/Wwpa50XoBfS
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Today's News:
✍️Controllers ‘mentally drained’
✍️Trump admin challenges SNAP order
✍️Shutdown deal?
✍️80k may strike across UC
✍️Thousands in WA to lose insurance
https://ow.ly/Wwpa50XoBfS
✍️Controllers ‘mentally drained’
✍️Trump admin challenges SNAP order
✍️Shutdown deal?
✍️80k may strike across UC
✍️Thousands in WA to lose insurance
https://ow.ly/Wwpa50XoBfS
Union members fueled a mass mobilization that rebuked TX Republicans’ election-rigging attempts, helping CA Prop 50 pass with 64% support. “We showed Trump & Abbott the Labor Movement won’t stand for corruption or schemes,” said Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy.
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Labor celebrates Prop 50's success — The STAND
Union members fueled a mass mobilization that dealt a direct rebuke to Texas Republicans attempts to rig Congressional elections.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Union members fueled a mass mobilization that rebuked TX Republicans’ election-rigging attempts, helping CA Prop 50 pass with 64% support. “We showed Trump & Abbott the Labor Movement won’t stand for corruption or schemes,” said Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy.
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The Washington State Labor Council, WorkSource & Washington Employment Security Department will host a free virtual session tomorrow 11/7 from 10–11:30 for any workers impacted by the Federal layoffs - offering help with unemployment, healthcare & job resources. Register ➡️
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November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The Washington State Labor Council, WorkSource & Washington Employment Security Department will host a free virtual session tomorrow 11/7 from 10–11:30 for any workers impacted by the Federal layoffs - offering help with unemployment, healthcare & job resources. Register ➡️
https://ow.ly/PZlp50Xo2RX
https://ow.ly/PZlp50Xo2RX
Today's News:
✍️L&I investigating wage theft
✍️Shutdown flight cuts
✍️GOP split on path forward
✍️GTA accused of union busting
✍️’Mega-Layoffs’ under Trump
https://ow.ly/zcjb50Xo1BV
✍️L&I investigating wage theft
✍️Shutdown flight cuts
✍️GOP split on path forward
✍️GTA accused of union busting
✍️’Mega-Layoffs’ under Trump
https://ow.ly/zcjb50Xo1BV
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Today's News:
✍️L&I investigating wage theft
✍️Shutdown flight cuts
✍️GOP split on path forward
✍️GTA accused of union busting
✍️’Mega-Layoffs’ under Trump
https://ow.ly/zcjb50Xo1BV
✍️L&I investigating wage theft
✍️Shutdown flight cuts
✍️GOP split on path forward
✍️GTA accused of union busting
✍️’Mega-Layoffs’ under Trump
https://ow.ly/zcjb50Xo1BV
The AFL-CIO & OPEIU filed a motion seeking to defend the NLRB in the SpaceX case, arguing that the 5th Circuit’s ruling undermining the labor board could let billionaires like Elon Musk dodge accountability & silence workers.
https://ow.ly/mYvS50Xo1zl
https://ow.ly/mYvS50Xo1zl
AFL-CIO, OPEIU file motion to defend NLRB — The STAND
The legal filing seeks to safeguard workers’ access to justice and preserve the National Labor Relations Board’s ability to enforce labor law.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The AFL-CIO & OPEIU filed a motion seeking to defend the NLRB in the SpaceX case, arguing that the 5th Circuit’s ruling undermining the labor board could let billionaires like Elon Musk dodge accountability & silence workers.
https://ow.ly/mYvS50Xo1zl
https://ow.ly/mYvS50Xo1zl
A 92% supermajority of Starbucks Workers United baristas voted to authorize an unfair labor practice strike unless Starbucks ends union-busting & bargains in good faith. Without a fair deal, workers vow to turn 11/13 “Red Cup Day” into a nationwide Red Cup Rebellion.
https://ow.ly/MoYR50Xo1qg
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Starbucks workers authorize nationwide strike — The STAND
Baristas will strike on Starbucks' busiest day of the year unless the company stops union-busting and starts negotiating in good faith.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A 92% supermajority of Starbucks Workers United baristas voted to authorize an unfair labor practice strike unless Starbucks ends union-busting & bargains in good faith. Without a fair deal, workers vow to turn 11/13 “Red Cup Day” into a nationwide Red Cup Rebellion.
https://ow.ly/MoYR50Xo1qg
https://ow.ly/MoYR50Xo1qg
Today's News:
✍️Election analysis
✍️Food banks stressed after loss of SNAP
✍️Longest shutdown in history
✍️Union contracts & AI
✍️60 votes for ACA subsidy extension?
https://ow.ly/K6gx50XnlXc
✍️Election analysis
✍️Food banks stressed after loss of SNAP
✍️Longest shutdown in history
✍️Union contracts & AI
✍️60 votes for ACA subsidy extension?
https://ow.ly/K6gx50XnlXc
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Today's News:
✍️Election analysis
✍️Food banks stressed after loss of SNAP
✍️Longest shutdown in history
✍️Union contracts & AI
✍️60 votes for ACA subsidy extension?
https://ow.ly/K6gx50XnlXc
✍️Election analysis
✍️Food banks stressed after loss of SNAP
✍️Longest shutdown in history
✍️Union contracts & AI
✍️60 votes for ACA subsidy extension?
https://ow.ly/K6gx50XnlXc
On day 66 without a contract, Lake WA. School District classified staff—LWESP, SEIU Local 925 & Teamsters local 763—are rallying for fair pay, staffing & healthy schools. Workers have authorized a strike & urge the district to settle a fair deal. Join them 4–6 in Redmond ➡️
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Lake Washington classified staff authorize strike — The STAND
Workers across multiple unions and their allies will rally this afternoon at District offices REDMOND, WA (November 5, 2025) — On their 66th day working under an expired contract, classified staff in the Lake Washington School District will rally to demand the district get serious in settling contracts covering hundreds of essential education staff. The […]
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November 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On day 66 without a contract, Lake WA. School District classified staff—LWESP, SEIU Local 925 & Teamsters local 763—are rallying for fair pay, staffing & healthy schools. Workers have authorized a strike & urge the district to settle a fair deal. Join them 4–6 in Redmond ➡️
https://ow.ly/XVKn50XnlHw
https://ow.ly/XVKn50XnlHw
In a repudiation of Trump’s anti-worker agenda, voters in WA & across the U.S. resoundingly elected labor-endorsed candidates. “Voters sent a clear message — when candidates stand with workers, they win,” said AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler.
https://ow.ly/nU6S50XnlE7
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Election 2025: A repudiation of Trump’s anti-worker agenda — The STAND
In Washington and across the U.S., voters elected candidates proposing real solutions. Here are some selected results. SEATTLE, WA (November 5, 2025) — Pro-worker candidates swept elections around the country last night, a resounding defeat for the billionaires-first agenda pushed by Republicans in D.C. For those looking to read the tea leaves heading into 2026, […]
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November 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
In a repudiation of Trump’s anti-worker agenda, voters in WA & across the U.S. resoundingly elected labor-endorsed candidates. “Voters sent a clear message — when candidates stand with workers, they win,” said AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler.
https://ow.ly/nU6S50XnlE7
https://ow.ly/nU6S50XnlE7