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14/08/2025

Looking for a childcare provider job? Trying to find an open daycare spot? Check out the Childcare Hiring & Resource Fair in Sunnyside WA this Saturday, hosted by SEIU Local 925.

SEIU Local 925 is partnering with WorkSource on an event lifting up opportunities for both childcare providers and parents seeking care

14/08/2025

Hundreds of union members are anticipated to join a Labor Day rally against Palantir and billionaires like Peter Thiel, whose surveillance tech fuels authoritarianism at taxpayers’ expense.

Hundreds of union members will rally against Palantir and billionaires like Peter Thiel's surveillance tech fueling authoritarianism

14/08/2025

Today’s Labor news:
✍️ $1.1 mil backpay from UW
✍️ IUOE strikes in Eastern WA
✍️ Rep. Tlaib tackles price gouging
✍️ More video game workers unionize
✍️ AI data centers driving up energy costs

https://www.thestand.org/2025/08/uw-to-pay-1-1-mil-iuoe-strikes-tlaib-tackles-price-gouging/

12/08/2025

James LeDahl, a Teamsters Local 117 shop steward, traveled to Memphis calling on top PGA golfer Justin Thomas to drop Lineage Logistics as a sponsor.

Local 117 has filed multiple ULPs against the company and Seattle workers have been working under an expired contract for months.

Teamsters Local 117 have filed multiple unfair labor practice charges against Lineage, one of Justin Thomas' main sponsors.

12/08/2025

Workers at Sky Chefs, an airline catering company, picketed at SEA airport on Thursday, calling attention to their fight for a new contract with fair wages and healthcare workers can actually afford to use. Unite Here! Local 8

Airline catering workers are fighting for a new contract with fair wages and affordable healthcare SEATAC, WA (August 12, 2025) — Workers who provide catering for Alaska Airlines flights at Seattle-Tacoma Airport picketed on Thursday, calling attention to their ongoing fight for a contract with fa...

12/08/2025

Today’s Labor news:
✍️ Mead EA fights for strong contract
✍️ FEMA strips labor rights from workers
✍️ Nurses ‘never safe’ on the job
✍️ UPS settles Teamster grievances
✍️ ‘Trump Slump’ in Vegas

https://www.thestand.org/2025/08/mead-ea-nurses-never-safe-fema-guts-contracts/

11/08/2025

Sarah Shaw, a AFSCME Council 28 WFSE member & Everett resident, has been detained by ICE in Texas along with her 6-year-old son, despite legal status.

“The trauma this has already caused for her and her son may never be healed,” said WFSE President Mike Yestramski.

Here's how you can support her: https://www.thestand.org/2025/08/wfse-member-sarah-shaw-detained-by-ice/

11/08/2025

Members of AFGE Local 3197 and supporters will gather Tuesday outside the VA hospital in South Seattle to protest Sec. Collins' decision to strip 400,000 workers of their collective bargaining rights. Join them at 4:00 p.m. at the S Columbian Way entrance.

https://www.thestand.org/2025/08/va-workers-supporters-to-rally-against-union-busting/

11/08/2025

Today’s Labor news:
✍️ IATSE member recounts detention
✍️ EPA cancels union contracts
✍️ Moms in the workforce
✍️ Air Canada strike looms
✍️ 2 million USians on unemployment

https://www.thestand.org/2025/08/like-a-hostage-epa-cancels-contracts-vaccine-misinformation/

07/08/2025

Seattle-based workers at the International Rescue Committee have joined OPEIU Local 8 as part of a national unionization wave. Citing burnout & top-down decision making, they’re organizing for a voice on the job & a contract that values their vital work.
https://ow.ly/XfFI50WByqM

07/08/2025

The Washington State Labor Council is hiring a Deputy Director of Government Affairs to help drive a bold, pro-worker legislative agenda. The WSLC is seeking a strategic, equity-driven leader to advocate alongside unions, community partners & elected officials.
https://ow.ly/ctzV50WByL1

07/08/2025

Today's News:
✍️Trump union busting at VA
✍️ICE has scaled up in WA
✍️Sheet Metal Air Rail and Transportation Workers fears safety meltdown with merger
✍️WA Healthcare Authority warns of layoffs
✍️All major casinos on the Vegas strip are unionized
https://ow.ly/Jo2G50WBzaf