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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 earlier this month.

(Runtime :48)After more than a year of negotiating with Washington State University, unionized student workers are planning to go on strike.“Teaching…

(Runtime 1:00)As unionized Washington State University workers continue to bargain, a majority of members have voted to strike if they can’t come to an…

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 Botts, staff organizer for Teamsters Local 313.

NWPB's Johanna Bejarano reports on new negotiations that led to the suspension of a strike by tulip workers / Runtime - 1:48Tulip workers at Mount Vernon,…

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.