MONDAY, AUGUST 20  ▪  WSLC delegates approve 2007 resolutions -- Representatives of the Washington State Labor Council's affiliated unions approved important resolutions Saturday on a variety of subjects ranging from immigrant rights to health care reform, from establishing legislative priorities to promoting diversity among union leadership. Check them out here. 

Local news:
▪  In the PS Business Journal -- Space shortage makes Boeing outsource tasks -- A shortage of space in Everett is forcing Boeing to ship aircraft out of state to nonunion shops for painting and completion, and the leaders of Boeing's biggest union don't want this to become a trend. Tom Wroblewski, president of Machinists Local 751, said union leaders are scrutinizing Boeing's actions closely and trying to come up with nearby space Boeing can tap for the work.
▪  From AP -- State spends too little on schools, lawsuit argues -- A coalition of teachers, parents, community groups and school districts will argue in court this week that the state has not been spending enough on education and should be required to revamp the way it pays for schools.
▪  In today's Everett Herald -- Reardon will appeal order on court clerks' contract -- The county executive will appeal a ruling that he and his deputy executive broke state law by delaying contract negotiations with the Snohomish County Clerks' Association over the past two years.
▪  In today's Seattle Times -- Proposed plant in Cowlitz County to test new pollution law -- The coalition that supported a new law to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is already splintering over one of the law's first real tests of the new law: a proposed power plant in Cowlitz County.
▪  In the PS Business Journal -- Seattle P-I publisher not hiring, sees circulation stagnant

Election news:
▪  In today's Olympian -- Insurance referendum draws out-of-state money from industry -- An avalanche of money has tumbled into the Ref. 67 campaign, largely from national insurers.
▪  In today's Seattle Times -- Election-director initiative likely to qualify for ballot in King County

National news:
▪  In today's NY Times -- Officials say 6 Utah miners may not be recovered -- Test results from a 4th hole drilled into the mountainside found that the air quality underground could not sustain life.
▪  In today's LA Times -- U.S. action on free trade is left hanging -- Just a day after Senate Republicans scuttled an overhaul of immigration laws, House Democrats stiff-armed the Bush administration's largest-ever trade deal and declared they would deny the White House the authority it needs to cut more deals. The back-to-back events at the end of June are pieces of a single trend: the growing effort in both parties to check the rush toward a globalized economy and shield Americans from unfettered competition, from foreign products and foreign workers.
▪  From AP -- Teachers' union consider "merit pay" tied to test scores -- The NEA and AFT oppose linking a teacher's paycheck to how well their students do on tests. But the unions are still helping local unions hammer out contracts that include new merit-pay plans, if they want them.
▪  From AP -- Labor pact is approved by union at Delphi -- IUW/CWA members vote to ratify a new four-year contract affecting some 2,000 workers at the auto parts supplier.
▪  In today's Washington Post -- India's lower castes seek social progress in global job market -- The poorest and most ostracized people in this subcontinent's ancient caste system -- so shunned that they are still known as untouchables -- are getting chances to improve their lots in life.