States weigh aid for strikers

Oregon, Washington lawmakers weigh aid for striking workers

SEATTLE — Lawmakers in Oregon and Washington are considering whether striking workers should receive unemployment benefits, following recent walkouts by Boeing factory workers, hospital nurses and teachers in the Pacific Northwest that highlighted a new era of American labor activism.

States weigh aid for strikers

SEATTLE — Lawmakers in Oregon and Washington are considering whether striking workers should receive unemployment benefits, following recent walkouts by Boeing factory workers, hospital nurses and teachers in the Pacific Northwest that highlighted a new era of American labor activism.

Employers shouldn’t pay workers not to work: Paying people to strike should be a union’s job

Elizabeth New of the Washington Policy Center argues that Senate Bill 5041 would burden employers and taxpayers by using unemployment funds to pay striking workers instead of requiring unions to support their members. The post Opinion: Employers shouldn’t pay workers not to work: Paying people to strike should be a union’s job first appeared on ClarkCountyToday.com.

Employment Security receives $2 million federal grant to help laid off Boeing workers

OLYMPIA—The Employment Security Department was awarded a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to help more than 2,000 Boeing workers living in Washington who were affected by the company’s recent layoffs. Boeing main entrance at Everett Factory. Lynnwood Times | Mario Lotmore. Workforce Snohomish, Future Workforce Alliance of Snohomish County and the Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County, in partnership with Employme…

Washington Senate Committee Advances Bill to Allow Cannabis Farm Workers to Unionize, Already Passed House

The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information The Washington State Senate Ways and Means Committee voted today to advance legislation that would give marijuana farm workers the right to unionize, sending the measure to the full Senate for consideration. House Bill 1141, which passed the House last month by a 55 to 40 vote, narrowly advanced out of the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce on April 1 in a 5 to 4 vote. Today, it was given…