Labor

Paid sick days the law now in Seattle

September 26, 2011 By John Wojcik

Seattle's mayor signed the historic bill Friday. Every worker in the city, depending upon his or her conditions of employment, is now guaranteed five to nine sick days per year.

NBA cancels games as lockout continues

September 23, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

NBA postpones training camp and preseason games, putting the season in question.

Thousands of California nurses strike to fight takeaways

September 23, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

The nurses were among 23,000 of their co-workers holding a one-day strike at three-dozen Sutter Health and Kaiser Permanente facilities in northern and central California, as well as Oakland Children's Hospital.

Dock, maritime workers making significant unity moves

September 23, 2011 By Juan Lopez

In the latest effort to strengthen labor's hand in the global economy, West Coast dockworkers this month welcomed pilots at the Panama Canal into their union. And longshore unions on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts are...

Washington state unions see arrests on docks as part of pattern

September 23, 2011 By John Wojcik

The arrests union officers and the wives and mothers of 10 longshoremen are seen by union members here as part of a major assault underway against this state's labor movement.