Hundreds of Starbucks Workers United baristas are demonstrating in front of Starbucks’ corporate headquarters in Seattle demanding a fair contract. Remember: NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE

Today's News: ✍️GOP votes for higher health care costs ✍️CEO Niccol runs from Starbucks Workers United ✍️WA ICE arrests surge ✍️8k AFSCME local 328 reach TA ✍️Bipartisan leaders push states rights https://ow.ly/k6ui50XLFAo

Urging workers to carry hope into action, WSLC Pres. April Sims reflects on 2025’s challenges & wins. From legislative gains to strikes & organizing, she calls on labor to think in generations, confront fed. attacks & build a just world rooted in dignity & solidarity. https://ow.ly/7hLp50XLFpX

gt From strikes & boycotts to legislative wins & worker organizing, The STAND’s most-read stories of 2025 highlight how working people across Washington fought back, won contracts, defended immigrant workers, expanded union rights, & made their voices heard. https://ow.ly/IHaF50XLFlS

The WA Supreme Court will hear an appeal brought by United Farm Workers and six Windmill Farms workers fired for organizing & forced into private arbitration. The ruling could set a major precedent on when employers can impose arbitration, impacting worker rights across WA https://ow.ly/LgsY50XL6y5

Despite national recognition, a 20% state budget cut now threatens the Labor Archives of WA & its ability to serve today’s movement. Built by unions & labor allies, LAW preserves workers’ history as a living resource for organizing today. Click to stand in solidarity ➡️ https://ow.ly/t3P350XL6qA

Today's News: ✍️L&I investigates farm workers working in floods ✍️Baristas of steel ✍️International strikes ✍️WA Congress address NWDC conditions ✍️Big contract fights coming in 2026 https://ow.ly/WUcs50XL6e8

Today's News: ✍️Oregon Nurses Association Legacy health strike grows ✍️WA Flood updates ✍️GOP in disarray over healthcare ✍️United Videogame Workers-CWA protest at The Game Awards ✍️Trump cuts hobbled NLRB https://ow.ly/6XPm50XKz5T

As flooding devastates the Skagit Valley, FUJ & Community to Community are sounding the alarm about impacts to farmworkers. Advocates urge supporters to contact state lawmakers about hazard pay, report abuses, & donate to support impacted farmworker families. Support ➡️ https://ow.ly/ccAh50XKyCE

The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO welcomes Shondea Chapman as its new Workforce Development Director. A 20-year ESP and WEA member, Shondea brings experience in community & technical colleges and strong union values to the role. https://ow.ly/jHjI50XKy9S

With holiday travel underway, DHS Sec. Noem is moving to cancel TSA officers’ union contract effective 1/11. AFGE and labor leaders call it retaliation for advocacy for officers who worked unpaid during the shutdown, warning union-busting makes workers & travelers less safe https://ow.ly/BB2m50XJYxF

Workers at The Stranger, Portland Mercury, EverOut, & Bold Type Tickets, represented by Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild ratified an industry-leading 1st contract. The deal secures annual raises, AI protections, just-cause rights, & Labor Harmony provisions. https://ow.ly/4Nra50XJX6u

Today's News: ✍️Flood response & resources ✍️GOP health care plan allows subsidies to end ✍️Sen. Murray calls to halt AI in Medicare approvals ✍️Big businesses cashing in on Trump tax cuts ✍️SEIU 775 fighting for home care wage protections https://ow.ly/SQAn50XJWTB

The House passed the Protect America’s Workforce Act, rebuking a Trump union-busting executive order that stripped collective bargaining rights from 1M federal workers. Strong bipartisan support underlines organized labor’s popularity. https://ow.ly/lLnM50XIFOH

Trump’s cuts to infrastructure & clean energy are stalling projects, drying up construction jobs & leaving apprentices on hold. “When WA loses these funds, workers lose, & our entire economy feels it,” said Heather Kurtenbach, Executive Secretary of the WA State BCTC. https://ow.ly/6WhK50XICJR

Today's News: ✍️3 mo., no contract in Edmonds ✍️WA flood updates ✍️Starbucks Workers United picket lines ✍️Kilmar Abrego Garcia returns home ✍️Trump EO bullies states with AI laws https://ow.ly/1UyO50XICzg

Today's News: ✍️Flooding in Western WA ✍️The right to sit at work ✍️No healthcare fix ✍️DHS data grab puts US at risk ✍️AFT hails repeal of collective bargaining ban in UT https://ow.ly/g1sh50XHCk5

"While detained, Sorio developed ulcerative colitis, a bone infection that led to amputation of his toe, difficulty breathing, and internal bleeding. Per TMM, he is now exhibiting symptoms of pulmonary embolism."

Advocates stopped the deportation of Greggy “Kuya G” Sorio, citing life-threatening medical neglect at Tacoma’s ICE NWDC. A judge issued a stay of deportation until 12/22 as he seeks treatment. His case reflects the rampant abuse & profiteering in ICE detention. https://ow.ly/zcJc50XHC7h

Nearly a month into the longest ULP strike in Starbucks history, 3k baristas at 145+ stores are stepping up their fight against union-busting. Workers are calling on allies to leaflet not-yet-union stores on 12/15 for the Stop Buying Starbucks day of action. https://ow.ly/hZn250XHBWM

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WWU's 1,100 Operational Student Employees have filed to join WAWU-UAW for the third time, but state law still denies them bargaining rights. They’re urging lawmakers to pass HB 1570 in 2026 so OSEs can finally negotiate fair working conditions. https://ow.ly/8CW050XGwn8

OPEIU Local 11 filed two ULPs against Oregon Tilth, alleging the nonprofit imposed new workload quotas without bargaining and denied a promotion to a known union supporter. Per the union, Tilth’s leadership claims collaboration publicly while violating labor law privately. https://ow.ly/VnNo50XGwfn

Today's News: ✍️Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (AFT 5017) ‘No confidence’ at Kaiser ✍️Starbucks Workers United strike goes global ✍️Surveillance pricing ✍️Trump promises to block AI regulations ✍️US near bottom in worker rights commitments https://ow.ly/kX3E50XGvZ5

Big Tech is trying to slip AI language into the NDAA that would block states from regulating AI in areas like autonomous vehicles, worker monitoring & hiring. Workers can urge Congress to reject this AI power grab by sending an email at this Teamsters 117 link ➡️ https://ow.ly/Hhg550XE7PI

The Port of Seattle is urging commissioners to protect SEA's workforce and pass a healthcare mandate for the only major West Coast airport without guaranteed, employer-paid quality healthcare. Airport workers are calling on the community to sign the SEIU6 petition ➡️ https://ow.ly/jxVe50XE7vc

Today's News: ✍️Strike updates ✍️Unions & immigration ✍️Spokane bans price fixing algorithms ✍️Laborers warn of apprenticeship instability ✍️Starbucks CEO is named worst of 2025 https://ow.ly/aate50XE7oT

Moses Lake Education Association is denouncing the District’s choice to file an injunction rather than negotiate a contract that prioritizes good learning and working conditions and ends the now 4-day strike https://ow.ly/x43850XC8HK

Kuya G, a long-time U.S. resident detained at the ICE-run NWDC, is facing severe medical neglect as his condition worsens. After officials pushed him to sign removal papers, advocates call deportation a “death sentence” & urge supporters to sign a petition for his release. https://ow.ly/ua8q50XC6qj

Today's News: ✍️Legacy Health Oregon Nurses Association on strike ✍️Amazon settles for $3.7M in labor investigation ✍️Rotschy Inc. fined…again ✍️OH auto workers paying for tax credit rollbacks ✍️Apple, Tesla accused of profiting from horrific abuses https://ow.ly/2vmm50XC5R1

Today's News: ✍️Moses Lake teachers on strike ✍️ Support for unions highest among Gen Z men ✍️GOP unable to negotiate over health care ✍️DOGE is still operating ✍️Corporations claim $16B from GOP taxes https://ow.ly/NtYN50XBwAL

APALA Seattle helped Vietnamese workers at Ba Mien Seafood Market win $74k for PSST & wage theft violation. Since 2024, APALA Seattle has partnered with Seattle’s Office of Labor Standards through culturally grounded outreach & worker-rights enforcement. https://ow.ly/L3US50XBvRL

Politico & E&E News journalists won a landmark arbitration case after management rolled out AI tools w/out bargaining. The ruling affirms employers can’t use AI to bypass union rights or newsroom ethics, & The NewsGuild-CWA is urging support for its News, Not Slop campaign. https://ow.ly/Aqzk50XBvIU

Hit the picket line with striking baristas on Wednesday ⏰ 9AM-12PM 🗓️ Dec. 3rd 📍4147 University Way NE Seattle 98105 #NoContractNoCoffee

Today's News: ✍️Educator, healthcare strikes ✍️Congressional standstill ✍️Tradeswomen speak out after jobsite killing ✍️AI soon to review Medicare claims ✍️Seattle CEO pay spikes https://ow.ly/eAXk50XAVff

Nearly 100 nurse practitioners, PAs & optometrists at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital have filed to unionize with UAPD. “These children deserve the best possible care, and that requires the appropriate resources,” said UAPD President Dr. Stuart Bussey. https://ow.ly/KO5550XAV9X

Over 100 healthcare workers at Confluence Health Hospital have unionized with UFCW 3000—joining 450 already-union coworkers. They organized for wage transparency, equity, patient safety & will now bargain for their first contract. https://ow.ly/GoGT50XAUW0

"Cruz" shares, "It's supposed to rain all week. The road is nothing but mud. The tires sink and I feel the strain in my whole body. But here in the fields, we can’t stop. We push through. Because behind every row of crops, there are families depending on this work. #WeFeedYou

On Native Women’s Equal Pay Day, we’re resharing a 2023 article exploring how unions use collective power to expand opportunity for Native workers—building partnerships with tribal communities, reshaping apprenticeship access & removing barriers to union careers. https://ow.ly/sFeb50XtOGK

Today we mark Native Women’s Equal Pay Day. Indigenous women face higher rates of poverty, unemployment, and violence, legacies of colonialism that still fuel economic and social injustice to this day. One way we push back: strong union contracts that ensure fair pay, rights, and dignity on the job

Starbucks Workers United have launched the Red Cup Rebellion — an open-ended ULP strike over Starbucks’ stonewalling & union-busting. “You are giving hope to millions, showing what’s possible when workers stand up, link arms & refuse to back down,” -WSLC ST Cherika Carter. https://ow.ly/87vX50XrWpo

Ziply Fiber workers represented by IBEW Local 89 have been in contract talks since January. Fighting for fair wages, benefits, safety & job security, they’ll hold an informational picket 11/15 in Beaverton to keep pressure on for a fair deal. https://ow.ly/ayf750XrVmp

Today's News: ✍️Lessons from ski patrol organizing ✍️Boeing strike ends ✍️States rush to send out SNAP ✍️Trump plans deep housing cuts ✍️Vigils for ICE detention deaths https://ow.ly/sYXU50XrVk0

No Contract! No Coffee! No Crossing the picket line! Solidarity ♾️ with Starbucks Workers United

A federal court has ruled the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette broke the law by bargaining in bad faith and imposing conditions on union journalists. “We are stronger, braver, and more principled than any boss can possibly imagine,” The NewsGuild-CWA President Jon Schleuss https://ow.ly/XgFJ50Xrjye

After a 43-day shutdown, Congress passed a short-term funding bill without addressing soaring 2026 healthcare costs. “We’ll remember who fought for affordable care—and who backed the GOP’s anti-worker agenda putting billionaires over families,” WSLC President April Sims. https://ow.ly/lwmU50XrjjR

Today's News: ✍️Starbucks Workers United Strike ✍️Federal workers’ sacrifice ✍️WA apprenticeships on the rise ✍️Return of the recognition strike ✍️19,600 UC workers reach TA https://ow.ly/Gi5p50XrklC

🚨 SOLIDARITY WITH STARBUCKS WORKERS ON STRIKE Stand with Starbucks Workers United and don’t buy Starbucks at any location for the duration of the strike. NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE‼️

After eight months of bargaining for fair pay, full health room staffing, & sick leave parity, LWESP will go on strike Nov. 17 if the district refuses to agree to a fair contract. Join the workers for a solidarity rally today from 4–6 p.m. at the LWSD Redmond office. https://ow.ly/Efw150XqJ7J

Today's News: ✍️Snohomish bargains to cut pensions ✍️Shutdown vote ✍️Detroit Arts workers unionize ✍️ACA could collapse under GOP plan ✍️Mega strike in NZ https://ow.ly/3T2l50XqJ26