Washington (state)

Seattle ILWU
Make Juneteenth a paid holiday!

International Longshore and Warehouse Union workers stopped work on June 19 and marched on the Seattle waterfront in a Juneteenth…

July 3, 2023

Antiwar forces march on Boeing

Seattle — University of Washington students, supporters and youths of oppressed nationalities targeted by U.S. imperialism marched on the Seattle…

April 8, 2023

Flower workers win strike 

Seattle Over 70 tulip, daffodil and iris harvest workers in Mount Vernon walked out of the fields on March 22…

April 7, 2022

Portland Starbucks: unionizing on the rise

Portland, Oregon  A rowdy crowd rallied March 26 outside a Starbucks store in Portland, Oregon, where workers are trying to…

March 31, 2022

Packinghouse workers strike vs. bosses & COVID-19

Seattle May 24 — Strikes broke out May 7 in several apple packinghouses and continue in Washington state’s Yakima Valley.…

May 28, 2020

Washington state teachers vote to strike

Aug. 25 — Teachers throughout southwest Washington state have overwhelming­ly approved potential strikes and work stop­pages if their demands for…

August 29, 2018