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The Latest on the Legislative News

The 2008 Legislative Report is now posted and available for download.

Also, check out the WSLC State-wide Candidate Endorsements on our Political Education Page for a list of all the candidates we are endorsing including those in each Legislative District.

     Do you want to know how Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) voted on a move to repeal the federal minimum wage?

     Are you interested in Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-N.Y.) vote on a measure to rein in the soaring cost of prescription drugs for seniors and working families?

     How about finding out where Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) stood on a bill that would restore the freedom of airport screeners to join a union?

     Or maybe you just want to know if your U.S. House member voted with working families last year?

     All that information and more about your U.S. senators and representatives is just a click or two away in the AFL-CIO's final 2007 House and Senate Voting Records. The congressional scorecards track 19 Senate votes and 24 House votes from the first session of the 110th Congress.

Read the last Legislative Update...

2008 Legislative Session has concluded.

We have compiled our annual Legislative Voting Record and you can download a three-page copy here. 

Legislative Issues
One of the important services the WSLC provides its affiliated organizations is legislative and political advocacy in the State Legislature and Congress.  As with collective bargaining, by joining forces and speaking with a united voice on working families issues, we have more impact.

There are more than half a million union members in the state -- just under 20% of the non-agricultural workforce.  But with very few exceptions, the positions taken on workplace issues by the WSLC affect ALL working people, not just union members.

From the minimum wage to workers' compensation, from workplace safety to unemployment insurance -- the WSLC, the AFL-CIO, and other labor organizations are all too often the only voice representing working people on these issues. That is unfortunate, given the number of high-paid corporate lobbyists that often fight to remove or roll back workplace standards and rights... but it is a banner the WSLC, the AFL-CIO and other labor organizations carry with pride. 

For more information about our legislative positions, e-mail Kathy Cummings at kcummings@wslc.org.

2007 WSLC Legislative Report
The 2007 WSLC Legislative Report & Voting Record is now available online, in abbreviated form. Copies of the full printed report were mailed to all affiliates, legislators and subscribers to WSLC publications. Members of affiliated unions can order a free copy by calling 206-281-8901. The WSLC's 2007 Voting Records are also available in a 3-page printable (PDF) format or in HTML.

WSLC Legislative Tracker™
The WSLC Legislative Tracker™ "tracks™" legislation affecting Washington working families throughout the legislative session. For up-to-the-minute-we-get-to-it status reports on these bills, click here.

2007 WSLC Legislative Voting Records
The official 2007 WSLC Legislative Voting Record is now available online. The full WSLC Legislative Report and Voting Record tabloid, featuring much more detail on the votes counted and other important legislation affecting working families.

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