Unions

Across Washington state and Idaho, unionized reporters at five McClatchy Media newspapers went on strike Tuesday over low wages.

Since December, renters in six apartment buildings in Tacoma have voted to form unions in an effort to negotiate better leases with their landlords.

Employees delivered a letter to CEO Scott Stulen and the museum's board of trustees. Among their requests are better wages and improved healthcare and retirement benefits.

Almost all of the unionized workers voted on Thursday to reject a proposed contract with the Issaquah-based outdoor retailer.

REI's new appointments come after members of the Issaquah-based outdoor retail co-op voted to reject the uncontested slate of candidates put forward by the board in the spring.

Staff at a museum in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood claim there’s a lack of leadership at the organization that makes it difficult for them to do their jobs.

The outdoor retailer drew criticism for blocking union-backed candidates from the ballot and for its initial support of a Trump appointee.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint against REI Co-op, after finding the retailer illegally withheld benefits packages from workers at unionized stores.

Unionized employees are asking members to mark "withhold" on their ballots after a Seattle activist and a top Greenpeace leader were excluded.

Unionized REI workers are running an insurgent campaign to elect a pro-labor candidate to the outdoor retailer’s board of directors. It’s a longshot bid for sway over the co-op’s future.