Labor

Seattle-area grocery workers 'flabbergasted' by Kroger-Albertsons sales plan

Grocery workers for Kroger and Albertsons are denouncing the recently released list of stores to be sold off as part of the merger process.

Undocumented Washingtonians can now work as doctors, teachers under new professional licensing law

Everett Herald’s new owner appears to censor story about layoffs

Puget Sound electrical workers vote on whether to end 2-month strike

About 1,000 electrical workers in the Puget Sound region were voting on Thursday whether to go back to work.

UW student employees win big pay boost, improved benefits in tentative deal

After a one-day strike, 6,000 University of Washington teaching and research assistants have reached a tentative new labor agreement with school officials.

Washington state farmworkers sue U.S. Department of Labor over depressed wages

A group of Washington state farmworkers is suing the U.S. Department of Labor, saying the agency allows employers to exclude them from work by hiring cheaper, foreign labor.

Striking Seattle electrical workers demand better pay, improved safety

Striking electrical workers from IBEW Local 46 have shut down eight work sites after negotiations broke down with the Puget Sound Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA).

Starbucks union negotiations resume after long impasse

Unionized Starbucks stores sent more than 150 delegates to Atlanta Wednesday to resume talks between Starbucks and Workers United, the union representing more than 400 stores.

Paraeducators strike in Port Angeles. But can strapped school districts afford to pay them more?

The Port Angeles School District's more than 3,500 students are getting an extended spring break, as schools remained closed as of Thursday afternoon because of a paraeducator strike.