University Of Washington Janitors Protest Increased Workloads, Low Wages Janitors and custodians at the University of Washington plan to rally in the middle of campus Tuesday. Due to budget cuts, there’s now a smaller... Liz Jones
The Role Of Public Sector Unions In The U.S. In the post-WWII period, 40 percent of Americans were private sector union members. That number is now below 7 percent. The reasons behind this drastic... John O'Brien
Public Sector Unions: Boost Or Bane? Ross Reynolds moderates a debate on the role of public sector unions in a Seattle Town Hall debate January 13. Guests include Daniel DiSalvo, a critic... Ross Reynolds
Labor Dispute? Federal Mediators Are Here To Help Ross Reynolds talks with John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation, about the role of federal mediators in settling labor disputes. Andy Hurst
Costco And United Farm Workers Union To Label Worker-Friendly Food Marcie Sillman talks with Erik Nicholson, vice president of the United Farm Workers Union, about the Equitable Food Initiative, a new labeling system to... Matthew Streib
Workplace Deaths Increased In 2014 In Washington State Sixty-four people died on the job in Washington state in 2014, more than in any of the past three years, according to preliminary figures from the... John Ryan
For Puget Sound Businesses, 2014 Meant 'Prosperity At A Price' It was a year of soaring profits for Boeing and Microsoft, rapid expansion for Amazon and anguish for Boeing machinists. KUOW's economy reporter Carolyn... Bill Radke
West Coast Ports Stand To Lose Business For Good Marcie Sillman talks with Bill Mongelluzzo, senior editor at the Journal of Commerce, about the labor dispute between the longshoremen's union and the... Hannah Burn
VIDEO: State Fines 520 Bridge Construction Company For Crane Fail The company building pontoons for the new Highway 520 Floating Bridge in Seattle has been slapped with a six-digit fine. The Washington state Department... Lisa Brooks
Seattle's Labor Movement Is Missing A Key Ingredient Ross Reynolds talks with Harold Meyerson, journalist and editor of The American Prospect, about the future of organized labor and Seattle's $15 minimum... Hannah Burn