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• May Day protests disrupt downtown Seattle, Portland

  May 1, 2012 in Region SEATTLE — May Day demonstrators who marched through Seattle turned violent today, with black-clad protesters using sticks and bats to smash downtown stores and automobile windows. A small fire was … 24

• Manure deep in farm child-labor debate

  April 27, 2012 in City on Page A5 Growing up in Southern Idaho, I did my share of farm work. Some of that was unpaid work on my family’s farm, and some of it was paid labor. Chores … 26

• Washington, Idaho trim weeks of unemployment pay

  April 3, 2012 in Business, City, Idaho Long-term unemployment benefits are being reduced sharply in Washington and Idaho. Later this month, most unemployed workers will be cut off after 73 weeks of long-term payments in Washington, the … 4

• Family thanks firefighters for delivering baby girl

  March 15, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Last week three Spokane Valley firefighters at Station 3 in Liberty Lake got the chance to meet a baby girl for the second time. Their first meeting in January was …

• Federal judge rejects Idaho anti-union laws

  January 4, 2012 in Business, Idaho BOISE – A federal judge has invalidated two anti-union laws pushed through by Idaho GOP lawmakers last session, saying they violate federal law. 13

• Anti-union laws rejected

  January 4, 2012 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – A federal judge has invalidated two anti-union laws pushed through by Idaho GOP lawmakers last session, saying they violate federal law. The two measures, SB 1007 and 1006, …

• Labor board drops high-profile Boeing complaint

  December 9, 2011 in Business, Nation/World The National Labor Relations Board today dropped its high-profile challenge of Boeing’s decision to open a nonunion aircraft manufacturing plant in South Carolina. 4

• Mediator steps in today to try to help salvage NBA season

  October 18, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 NEW YORK – The NBA and players’ association are ready to try mediation, and commissioner David Stern wants results quickly. Stern said last week during an interview with WFAN radio …

• Gregoire orders new talks in Tacoma teachers strike

  September 21, 2011 in Region Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has told both sides in the Tacoma teachers strike she wants them back at the bargaining table at 10 a.m. today, and if they don’t have … 45

• House to vote on bill targeting Boeing labor case

  September 15, 2011 in Business, Nation/World House Republicans are poised to express their anger over the government’s politically contentious labor case against Boeing Co. by passing a measure that would curb the National Labor Relation’s enforcement … 18

• Judge denies Boeing motion to dismiss labor case

  June 30, 2011 in Business, Nation/World A judge has denied Boeing Co.’s request to dismiss a federal lawsuit that claims the company illegally retaliated against unionized workers by moving some work from Washington state to South … 4

• Editorial: Unions should take greater steps to flexibility

  February 24, 2011 in Opinion on Page A11 It didn’t take long for a state that had rallied around the Green Bay Packers’ Super Bowl victory to fracture over a budget crisis and the role of public employee … 40

• Farm workers protest violations at E. Washington dairy

  January 11, 2011 in News, City Led by the the United Farm Workers, fired dairy employees of a Pasco dairy air their grivances at the Northwest Farm Credit Services headquarters in Spokane. 16

• Hospitals, workers reach tentative agreement

  August 11, 2010 in City Unionized health care workers at Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital and Medical Center will vote on a new labor contract Thursday and Friday. Details of the tentative agreement that … 48

• Labor activists protest conditions at Foxconn

  May 26, 2010 in Business on Page A10 GUANGZHOU, China – A Chinese employee of Foxconn Technology Group jumped from a building to his death Tuesday, state-run media said, in the 10th suicide this year at the world’s …

• Senate punts on resolving UPS-FedEx labor spat

  March 12, 2010 in Opinion on Page A15 The U.S. Senate escaped a ticklish dilemma Thursday, but a problem affecting both Washington and Idaho has been only deferred, not resolved. It will return whenever the House and Senate …

• Hospital owner’s dispute with union to go before judge

  September 4, 2009 in City on Page A8 Almost a year of failed bargaining between Community Health Systems Inc. and its 1,100 unionized employees will be addressed in a hearing next month by an administrative law judge. The …

• Idaho unemployment rises to 6.8 percent; 51,000 jobless

  March 6, 2009 in Idaho Idaho’s unemployment is on the rise again. The rate was 6.8 percent in January, up two-tenths of a percentage point from just a month earlier.

• Union taking contract fight with grocers public

  November 29, 2008 in City on Page B1 Area grocery workers are putting up yard signs, renting billboards and running radio and television ads in an unprecedented effort to convince consumers they should shop at Rosauers, and not …

• Potlatch gets an earful

  May 8, 2007 in Business on Page A10 About 70 Steelworkers demonstrated outside of Potlatch Corp.’s annual meeting in Spokane on Monday morning, urging company officials to offer more generous wages and benefits to workers at its Lewiston …

• Workers Narrowly Approve Contract From Caterpillar

  March 24, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A8 In the end, the United Auto Workers could not find much to boast about except survival. After 6-1/2 years of fighting Caterpillar Inc., the union accepted a contract with the …

• Housing Bill Signed Over Farm Worker Objections But Locke Says It’s Just The Beginning Of Efforts To Shelter Seasonal Workers

  March 19, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A5 Gov. Gary Locke on Wednesday signed a farm worker housing bill to make it easier and cheaper for growers to put up housing for their temporary workers. Locke said SB6168, …

• Nurses To Vote On Strike After Talks Fail Sacred Heart And Union Still At Odds Over Mandatory Call And Staffing

  March 7, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Contract talks between nurses and management at Sacred Heart Medical Center broke off Friday, and nurses will vote next week on what the hospital calls its final offer. The 1,100 …

• Nurses Picketing At Sacred Heart

  February 24, 1998 in City on Page B1 Signing on Sacred Heart nurses wave signs as they conduct informational picketing outside the hospital on Monday. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

• Bitter Casino Strike Ends After Six Years

  February 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka, celebrate the end of the Frontier Hotel strike. Photo by Associated Press

• Unemployed Man Forms Local Workers’ Organization 15-Member Group Addresses Issues Regarding Lack Of Job Benefits

  January 29, 1998 in Idaho on Page B1 Boltik

• Nurses Strike Kaiser Hmo In California Claim Cost-Cutting Moves Have Hurt Quality Of Patient Care At 54 Hospitals

  January 29, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 Registered nurses picket the entrance of Kaiser Permanente Hospital on Wednesday in San Francisco. About 7,500 northern area members of the California Nurses Association began a two-day strike of the …

• Returning Ups Workers Face Layoffs

  August 21, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A13 Thousands of United Parcel Service workers ready to go back to work Wednesday instead were laid off as the delivery giant sluggishly began recovery from the 15-day Teamsters strike. The …

• Ups Reaches Agreement With Teamsters Firm Adds Full-Time Jobs, Drops Pension Demand

  August 19, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Teamsters on a Spokane picket line cheer as shop steward Marlene Jensen announces the tentative agreement with UPS. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

• Some Pickets Were At End Of Line

  August 19, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 Bruce Billingsley, at left, a UPS driver for the past 22 years, talks with Robert Hawkinson, a part time UPS worker, on the picket line Monday. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The …

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