By JOHN BURBANK (Sept. 20, 2017) — Monday night, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved an $80 billion annual increase in military spending, enough to make tuition...
Air-traffic privatization push hits turbulence in Congress—with good reason By MONIKA WARNER (Sept. 11, 2017) — Message to the airlines: you can’t have it all....
Congress must fully fund rebuilding Houston, maintain labor standards By JEFF JOHNSON (Sept. 7, 2017) — As flood waters begin to slowly recede from Houston,...
The following guest column appears in today’s edition of The Seattle Times. By JEFF JOHNSON (Sept. 4, 2017) — My sisters and I grew up during...
By JOHN BURBANK EVERETT (August 24, 2017) — House Speaker Paul Ryan will come to Everett on Thursday to tour the Boeing factory here and make...
NAFTA betrayed us. Any new deal must prioritize people, not corporations. By LEO W. GERARD (Aug. 22, 2017) — Free trade be damned. People don’t...
With state shutdown looming, budget deal reached in triple OT The following story appears in the Washington State Labor Council’s 2017 Legislative Report published in...
The following story appears in the Washington State Labor Council’s 2017 Legislative Report published in August. SECRETARY TREASURER’S COLUMN By LYNNE DODSON In the midst of...
Trump’s ‘deregulation’ of environmental protections threaten our air quality By JOHN BURBANK (August 9, 2017) — Watching the red sunsets this past week, and sometimes...
200 days of Trump’s ‘Art of Deception’ make it clear: He’s unfit for office By JEFF JOHNSON (Aug. 7, 2017) — Six months into the...
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