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Nearly 13,000 Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) aerospace engineers and professionals a...
02/10/2026

Nearly 13,000 Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) aerospace engineers and professionals at Boeing ratified new contracts locking in double digit pay increases and significant quality of life improvements
https://ow.ly/yniG50ZU2Kj

Today's News:✍️Unite Here! Local 8 are Changemakers✍️WA Senate Dem. staff reject contract✍️Voters support tax for ed. fu...
01/10/2026

Today's News:
✍️Unite Here! Local 8 are Changemakers
✍️WA Senate Dem. staff reject contract
✍️Voters support tax for ed. funding
✍️14k WA residents lost Medicaid coverage
✍️Investors criticize SBUX labor relations
https://ow.ly/ul9550ZTH4r

Nearly 7,000 SEIU Local 925 members at UW rejected the university’s contract offer by more than 83% & are picketing toda...
01/10/2026

Nearly 7,000 SEIU Local 925 members at UW rejected the university’s contract offer by more than 83% & are picketing today for a fair contract. “They need to give us something, anything, that shows us that they realize we are the ones who keep UW running,” said chapter president Dale Siewert.

Today's News:✍️What’s disgusting? Union busting.✍️EPA union sues Trump admin✍️Tenants unions grow in Tacoma✍️Pro unions ...
30/09/2026

Today's News:
✍️What’s disgusting? Union busting.
✍️EPA union sues Trump admin
✍️Tenants unions grow in Tacoma
✍️Pro unions oppose college sports bill
✍️Boeing whistleblower sues company
https://ow.ly/KBZS50ZTetj

A new AFL-CIO & ACLU report finds mass deportations drive down wages, raise costs & threaten nearly 6M jobs, almost half...
30/09/2026

A new AFL-CIO & ACLU report finds mass deportations drive down wages, raise costs & threaten nearly 6M jobs, almost half held by U.S. citizens. “Working people are paying the price for an immigration system that is destabilizing entire industries,”- AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler

Today's News:✍️No confidence vote in Kitsap✍️How Big Tech is raising grocery prices✍️Canada bill targets lawful strikes✍...
29/09/2026

Today's News:
✍️No confidence vote in Kitsap
✍️How Big Tech is raising grocery prices
✍️Canada bill targets lawful strikes
✍️9 states redraw districts for midterms
✍️Senate votes to regulate college athletes
https://ow.ly/Tizt50ZSQnj

Thanks to member mobilization across the state, thousands of AFSCME Council 28 WFSE members have ratified new contracts,...
29/09/2026

Thanks to member mobilization across the state, thousands of AFSCME Council 28 WFSE members have ratified new contracts, successfully fighting off attempts to raise healthcare costs & securing a two-year ban on layoffs due to generative AI.
https://ow.ly/BZLY50ZSPCZ

Union members are invited to a virtual Democracy Defense workshop on 10/3 from 10-11:30AM. Learn how democracies succeed...
29/09/2026

Union members are invited to a virtual Democracy Defense workshop on 10/3 from 10-11:30AM. Learn how democracies succeed & fail, how to support early voting & how to respond to attempts to delegitimize election results. Click the🔗to register ➡️
https://ow.ly/i3ge50ZSPA5

Starbucks is closing 250 stores nationwide, including six in WA, as 12k+ union baristas fight for a first contract. SBWo...
28/09/2026

Starbucks is closing 250 stores nationwide, including six in WA, as 12k+ union baristas fight for a first contract. SBWorkersUnited are calling CEO Brian Niccol’s “Back to Starbucks” strategy “nothing more than a betrayal of what workers & customers loved about the company.”
https://ow.ly/SXb150ZSoNO

Today's News:✍️Blizzard workers win 1st contract✍️How Amazon union-busts✍️Seattle is #4✍️Protect College Sports Act�✍️U...
28/09/2026

Today's News:
✍️Blizzard workers win 1st contract
✍️How Amazon union-busts
✍️Seattle is #4
✍️Protect College Sports Act�
✍️Unions block mass shutdown layoffs
https://ow.ly/wa9J50ZSoCO

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