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Today's News: ✍️Judge seeks list of states targeted by Trump ✍️Nippon fined $77K ✍️Unions push back on unlicensed AI training ✍️WA families reunited after ICE camping raid ✍️Even the Pope votes by mail ow.ly/H8bs5102A8K
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“No matter the polls or predictions, we know it all comes down to this: turning out union members to vote,” says WSLC President April Sims. Now’s the time to plug into Labor Neighbor events: walk this weekend, hit the phones & join a ballot box event ➡️ ow.ly/VGIl5102zYJ
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Today's News: ✍️Kennewick educators urge accountability ✍️DOJ voter list includes citizens ✍️Oil companies post record profits ✍️MLB lockout looms ✍️Union votes no confidence in Multnomah Co. ow.ly/Xh525102eNJ
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“When we have the resources, we can do really great work,” writes Western State Hospital social worker & @wfsec28 Pres. Mike Yestramski. From behavioral health to school nurses, rural dental clinics & child care,voting no on I-645 would fund care WA needs ow.ly/p8wx5102eGH
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SEIU Healthcare 1199NW filed a ULP charge alleging Spokane MultiCare workers faced discipline or lost pay for wearing union buttons & stickers. “Workers have a protected right to express union support in their workplace,”-@SEIU1199NW President Jane Hopkins ow.ly/Q8NJ5102eAV
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Today's News: ✍️WA returns 1.2M ballots so far ✍️Labor mourns Dolores Huerta ✍️@seiu775: WA ICE surge is here ✍️Doctors oppose I-638 ✍️Pierce Co. internships put youth to work ow.ly/Uwv45101Sn3
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Over 600 Bellevue College faculty with WEA have worked nearly 2 months without a new contract. As workers push for a fair deal, administrators are spending $840/hour on union-busting lawyers, per WEA. Support faculty by emailing the Provost here ➡️ ow.ly/H7wt5101S5P
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The labor movement mourns the passing of Dolores Huerta, a founder of @UFWupdates “Her life’s work was to empower her community to face and overcome injustices, & she has left farm workers and the entire Latino community stronger and more organized than she found it,” said UFW.
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Read the full story in the STAND ➡️ thestand.org/2026/10/labor-m…
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WA’s 3rd Congressional race pits Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s record supporting workers against an opponent with a 20% labor voting record.“Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is never afraid to stand up for working families,” says the AWPPW, who worked with MGP after the Longview mill disaster
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Read the full story in the STAND ➡️ thestand.org/2026/10/workers…
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Today's News: ✍️Longview families sue Nippon Dynawave ✍️SOS Hobbs pushes back on DOJ claims ✍️First 737 MAX 10 rolls off Everett line ✍️Slaughterhouse lines put workers at risk ✍️REI workers call out industry leaders ow.ly/myxk5101tOy
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Nearly 300 Seattle school bus drivers w/@Teamsters Local 174 ratified a new contract securing major gains in healthcare, retirement benefits & wages. “This is no ordinary contract. This one will continue to change lives,”said Secretary-Treasurer Rick Hicks ow.ly/TKB85101tGg
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Today's News: ✍️Snohomish Co students train in trades ✍️Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders unionize ✍️DOJ sends election monitors to King Co. ✍️ICE sweeps disrupt U.S. food supply ✍️@IATSE wants workers shaping AI tools ow.ly/4u5G51016tk
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Virginia Mason @myWSNA nurses will picket 10/30, as Mgmt. continues to resist safe staffing proposals. “Productivity metrics are prioritized above all else. These shortsighted decisions put our patients & staff directly at risk,”- @myWSNA bargaining team. ow.ly/QPQn51015G7
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Diagnostic imaging workers w/@SEIU1199NW at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Enumclaw will picket on 10/29 as Mgmt. pushes proposals that would increase their healthcare costs. Join workers at 3PM as they fight to protect their benefits & secure safe staffing ➡️ ow.ly/eVKC51015Xf
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Today's News: ✍️Lynden teachers reach TA ✍️DOE fighting Hanford workers’ claims ✍️You’re voting early, right? RIGHT?! ✍️Profits soar but workers’ income falls ✍️Judge blocks election-related DHS sweeps ow.ly/XHF25100h3E
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Spokesman-Review journalists with the Spokane Editorial Society voted no confidence in Comma Journalism Labs’ board if it retains suspended editor Rob Curley. As the paper transitions to the nonprofit, workers are calling for accountability & a voting seat on the board.
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Read the full story here ➡️ ow.ly/jFah5100guQ
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Nearly 600 Call of Duty testers w/@CWAUnion are prepared to strike for their 1st contract after 2+ y of bargaining.They're among 2.5k union workers at Activision-Blizzard leading efforts to organize the gaming industry around wages, & workplace protections ow.ly/fI0q5100ge8
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