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Striking workers in Washington could get access to unemployment claims if bill passes

By Lauren Gallup March 24, 2025

Boeing workers wave picket signs at passing cars as they strike Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, near the company's factory in Renton, Wash. If Washington state passes the proposed legislation, striking workers, after a waiting period, could receive unemployment benefits. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

A proposed bill that would give striking workers some access to the state’s unemployment benefits is getting closer to becoming law in Washington. Majority lawmakers in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards moved the bill out of committee on Friday, with a recommendation to pass it. This, after the bill narrowly passed the senate with 28 yeas and 21 nays Read More

Unionized WSU student workers going on strike

By Lauren Paterson January 16, 2024

Students stand on steps holding signs with sayings like "Eat the Admins" in front of a brick building under a blue sky. A student gives a speech with a megaphone in front of the crowd.

Members of the Washington State University Coalition of Academic Student Employees (WSU-CASE) hold a rally on the Pullman campus on September 27, 2023. (Credit: Lauren Paterson / NWPB) Listen (Runtime […]Read More

WSU Student workers could go on strike before final exams, end of semester

By Lauren Paterson November 17, 2023

Unionized Washington State University student workers hold signs at a rally on the WSU campus. They are standing in front of a brick building next to a big tree.

Unionized Washington State University student workers rally on the Pullman campus on September 27, 2023. (Credit: Lauren Paterson / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read As unionized Washington State University workers […]Read More

Teamsters preparing to walk off the job at UPS if company doesn’t deliver

By Lauren Gallup July 17, 2023

UPS employees and Teamsters Local 313 members say they're ready strike if that's what's needed to get the contract they desire. {Credit: Lauren Gallup / NWPB)

With just over two weeks left before the current United Parcel Service Teamsters contract expires, employees nationwide are preparing to go on strike. If they do, it would be the largest single-employer strike in United States history. In the Port of Tacoma, over 1,000 UPS employees from three distribution centers could walk off the job Aug. 1st, according to Brett Read More

Tulip Workers In Washington State Suspend Strike

By Johanna Bejarano March 25, 2022

A strike by tulip workers in Washington State has been suspended pending new negotiations Listen NWPB’s Johanna Bejarano reports on new negotiations that led to the suspension of a strike by […]Read More

‘Are Their Apples Worth More Than Our Lives?’ Yakima Valley Fruit Workers Strike For Protections, Pay

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa May 21, 2020

Perla Torres, a fruit packer at Jack Frost Fruit, poses for a photograph wearing a mask she says she bought from a supervisor. CREDIT: Enrique Pérez de la Rosa/NWPB

So far this month, more than 400 Yakima Valley fruit packing workers have gone on strike, according to Familias Unidas Por La Justicia. The farmworker advocacy group, based in Skagit County, is helping these workers organize committees, negotiate with employers and seek legal advice. Read More