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Jerry Beckendorf Community Service Scholarship Now Open for Pierce County Graduating Seniors

05 Jan, 2026

The Pierce County Labor Community Services Agency is proud to announce that applications are now open for the Jerry Beckendorf Community Service Scholarship, a long-standing program that supports graduating high school seniors from union families who are committed to serving their communities. Since

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Glad the Shutdown’s Over? Thank Workers, Not Just Nancy Pelosi

The longest government shutdown in American history is over for now. On Friday afternoon, Donald Trump announced a deal to reopen government for the next three weeks.

05, Feb, 2019

Glad the Shutdown’s Over? Thank Workers, Not Just Nancy Pelosi

The longest government shutdown in American history is over for now. On Friday afternoon, Donald Trump announced a deal to reopen government for the next three weeks.

05, Feb, 2019

Nurses Are Calling Out for Job Protections and Marching in the Women's March

When women and our allies unite, we build power. That’s true in mass marches and on the job.

25, Jan, 2019

The Government Shutdown Creates Headwinds for Airlines

The nation’s airlines are blaming the partial federal government shutdown for putting another dark cloud in their path, with few federal workers and contractors taking to the skies and stalled federal agency approvals causing delays in expansion plans, including Southwest Airlines’ much-anticipat

25, Jan, 2019

Labor Voices: GM Leaves Workers' Futures Uncertain

The focus of General Motors’ November announcement shutting down plants in Lordstown, Ohio; Hamtramck and Warren, Michigan; and Baltimore, Maryland shouldn’t be about money. It should be about people.

25, Jan, 2019

It’s Not a Shutdown, It’s a Lockout and a Shakedown of Federal Workers

Most media outlets continue to portray the federal “shutdown” as a political fight between a president who once said he would be proud to provoke a standoff and congressional leaders who ha

25, Jan, 2019