Today's News: ✍️WA legislative primary results ✍️Fed cuts risk WA workplace safety ✍️STL Boeing Machinists strike ✍️Tuberculosis cases suspected at NWDC ✍️REI agrees to union bargaining plan ow.ly/wP2r50WAXNk

Food service workers at META’s Bellevue & Redmond campuses have unionized with UNITE HERE! Local 8, demanding wage parity and job security. Paid less than peers at nearby tech campuses, workers are calling on Meta & Lavish Roots to respect their rights. ow.ly/Zxc250WAWmA

After winning their union with IUPAT, immigrant workers at Rivas Painting Inc. were fired for standing up to wage theft and unsafe conditions. IUPAT is calling on the labor movement to stand in solidarity and demand justice for these workers. ow.ly/S6ET50WAW6s

Today's News: ✍️Trump union busting at VA ✍️ICE has scaled up in WA ✍️SMART Union fears safety meltdown w/merger ✍️WA Healthcare Authority warns of layoffs ✍️All major casinos on the Vegas strip are unionized ow.ly/WpH050WBzae

The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO 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. ow.ly/vbFp50WBBKM

Seattle-based workers at the International Rescue Committee have joined OPEIULocal8 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. ow.ly/JLF750WByqN

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 thestand.org/2025/08/like-a…

Sarah Shaw, a AFSCME Council 28 (WFSE) member & Everett resident, has been detained by ICE in Texas 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: thestand.org/2025/08/wfse-m…

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.

🚨 ACTION ALERT: join workers at the Seattle VA hospital tomorrow, August 12, to protest the egregious act of union busting that has stripped 400,000 workers of their collective bargaining rights, including hundreds in WA. 🗓️ Tuesday, 8/12 ⏰ 4-5:30 p.m. 📍1660 S Columbian Way

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 thestand.org/2025/08/mead-e…

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 thestand.org/2025/08/seatac…

James LeDahl, a Teamsters 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 in recent months. thestand.org/2025/08/teamst…

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 thestand.org/2025/08/uw-to-…

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. thestand.org/2025/08/protes…

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. thestand.org/2025/08/childc…

Nancy Reid is a resident of Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood and a member of the BCI board of directors. Nancy sits in her home and hides her true identity as a union-buster. Today, we hung flyers in her neighborhood to reveal who she really is. The journalists of Pittsburgh Post

Today’s Labor news: ✍️ Sarah Shaw released ✍️ Toxic smoke killing wildfire fighters ✍️ Ferguson defends immigration policy ✍️ Teamsters’ Mauser strike ✍️ Interpreters owed $280k thestand.org/2025/08/sarah-…

Nurses providing care to some of King County’s most vulnerable residents are fighting for fair wages, reporting that current pay lags as much as 40% behind market rate for some positions. thestand.org/2025/08/public…

.Attorney General Nick Brown Nick Brown is hosting a town hall Sept. 2 to speak directly with working Washingtonians about his office’s work shoring up workers’ rights and to take questions about how his office can address everyday issues impacting working people. thestand.org/2025/08/wa-att…