Business & Labor

Union carpenters in Washington have ended their strike and voted to accept a new contract with the Associated General Contractors of Washington.

Concerns about safety and legal action have led to the temporary closure of all Northwest Carpenters Union picket activities just a week into the strike.

Seattle may be days away from passing what some activists consider the nation's strongest worker scheduling regulations. The City Council's Civil Rights,…

French President Francois Hollande wants to loosen the nation's strict labor code. The country's largest union is fiercely opposed.

Hotel workers and their supporters planned to picket outside the Grand Hyatt in downtown Seattle Thursday evening, renewing a call for a boycott of the…

Workers at fast-food restaurants all over Seattle walked off the job Thursday and rallied outside, taking part in a national movement calling for better…

Boeing engineers and the company are supposed to meet with a federal mediator today – but union leaders say the two sides are still far apart. Looming…

Musicians with the Spokane Symphony are entering week two of a strike over pay cuts.

Claiming town cars are breaking the rules, Seattle taxi drivers are threatening to stop taking passengers to Sea-Tac Airport.The drivers, who organized…

With lingering high unemployment and the endless talk of the down economy -– it’s hard to believe that there are some industries putting help wanted signs out by the dozens. But that’s the case in Northwest orchard country where there appears to be a dwindling supply of migrant workers for cherry picking. Cherry season started this past week, and farmers and shop-keeps alike are anxiously waiting for more workers to arrive.