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Despite industry pushback, WA farmworkers will keep overtime pay
Since Jan. 1, agriculture has a 40-hour work week. But the system drew concerns from some growers over labor costs — and has workers split, too.
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For-profit Tacoma ICE center blocks health and labor inspections
Conditions in the immigrant detention facility have garnered over 300 complaints, but a law to increase state oversight is still tied up in court.
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Legislators are shaping their staff’s collective bargaining rights
But workers it would affect can’t weigh in. Ethics rules prevent them from lobbying on bills — even ones that would define their ability to unionize.
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WA unions wary of proposed Kroger/Albertsons supermarket merger
Workers fear that the move — which would be the nation’s largest-ever grocer consolidation — could undermine bargaining or close current locations.
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Over a third of WA’s job safety fines are reduced after appeals
One company negotiated a $1.3M reduction with the state’s safety agency after a worker’s hand was crushed, following multiple other violations.