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Feb. 09, 2018

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Millennials Are Keeping Unions Alive

Jobs are precarious, health-care costs are skyrocketing, and wages aren’t keeping up with the cost of living—no wonder young people are organizing.

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Millennials Are Keeping Unions Alive

Feb. 09, 2018

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Calls needed on key bills

Call Legislature’s toll-free message center on three key bills

Today, we focus on three key bills that need floor votes by Feb. 14. Here goes:

Calls needed on key bills

Feb. 08, 2018

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CA Lobby Day brings message to lawmakers

Latest Children’s Lobby Day brings Spokane members’ message to their legislators; make plans now for Presidents' Day Lobby Day

PHOTO (left to right): Maria Tart-Van Blaricum. Lonnie Lloyd, Sandra Hilzendeger, Norm LeBlanc and Amanda Plumb.

CA Lobby Day brings message to lawmakers

Feb. 06, 2018

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Crisis point on encampment cleanup protections

“CRISIS POINT”: SEATTLE’S SPOKANE STREET DOT MEMBERS CALL FOR ACTION ON ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP PROTECTIONS

Protecting DOT members cleaning up homeless encampments is at a “crisis point” and the union and Seattle Local 378 members are pushing the agency to amp up action.

Crisis point on encampment cleanup protections

Feb. 04, 2018

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Bulls-eye on outsourcing transparency bill (1851)

Business community gangs up our priority outsourcing transparency bill

Our priority bill to bring transparency and accountability when a state agency wants to contract out state employee work has a bull’s-eye on its back as the business community lined up to try to kill it at a rare House

Bulls-eye on outsourcing transparency bill (1851)