An informational meeting will be held Monday February 8th at 3:30 in the Everett Hall regarding possible work opportunities in Local 424 Alberta Canada. The service at this time will only be offered to Local 191 members.  The office will not be taking calls about this so please attend the meeting. All requirements and questions will be answered at the meeting so please hold all questions until the meeting.

A tentative second meeting is scheduled in Wenatchee on Tuesday February 9th at 2:30.

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka On President’s State of the Union
Address, January 27, 2010:

The Rebuilding Our Economic Future Coalition -- which includes the Washington State Labor Council and several of its biggest affiliated unions -- is planning a major rally at noon on Presidents Day, Monday, February 15 on the Capitol Steps in Olympia. All union members are urged to make plans to attend and to tell our elected officials to stand up against special-interest lobbyists, the Eyman Extremists and the right-wing teabaggers and protect our future during this economic crisis.

Download the rally flier.

Help stop devastating cuts to education, health care, environmental programs, and services for the most vulnerable. Instead, our state should close tax loopholes and create other sources of revenue. The future of our state and our economic prosperity depend on it! 

TUMWATER – The Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has launched a Twitter site as its newest “social networking” feature. It also has consolidated its YouTube videos into one easy-to-use listing.

Links to both L&I’s Twitter and YouTube sites are available on the agency’s Web site, www.Lni.wa.gov.

L&I’s Twitter is a Web-based micro-blogging site with a range of information about such things as workers’ compensation, workplace safety and health, H1N1 flu and more. Some “tweets” on the site link to informative articles published in magazines and newspapers. Go to www.Lni.wa.gov/main/contactinfo/twitter/ for more information.

YouTube videos related to workplace safety and health are now listed at www.youtube.com/user/LaborandIndustries1. Topics cover such issues as heat stress, ergonomics, workplace-safety procedures, chainsaw safety and more. Also available on YouTube are winning student-made videos about workplace safety, and L&I’s
“Work Safe. Home Safe” public service campaign.

L&I also shares information through 27 listservs that provide information important to specific groups of people. These listservs can be viewed at www.Lni.wa.gov/Main/Listservs/.