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Tune in Tonight to Seattle Concert to Support Wisconsin Recalls

David Groves, editor for the Washington State Labor Council’s (WSLC‘s) great new news site The Stand, sends us this heads up about a free online concert tonight to support Wisconsin workers and their efforts to recall six Republican state senators who voted for Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) law to eliminate collective bargaining rights for public employees.

Tonight, a group of progressive Seattle musicians will be taking their activism to the airwaves in support of the Wisconsin recall efforts.

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Tune in Tonight to Seattle Concert to Support Wisconsin Recalls

David Groves, editor for the Washington State Labor Council’s (WSLC‘s) great new news site The Stand, sends us this heads up about a free online concert tonight to support Wisconsin workers and their efforts to recall six Republican state senators who voted for Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) law to eliminate collective bargaining rights for public employees.

Tonight, a group of progressive Seattle musicians will be taking their activism to the airwaves in support of the Wisconsin recall efforts.

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Senate Measure Backing Korea-U.S. FTA Dies

This is a cross-post by David Groves at the Washington State Labor Council.

Legislation before the Washington State Legislature—pushed by multinational corporations and the notorious billionaire Koch brothers—urging Congress to pass the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has died without a vote in the state Senate. Senate Joint Memorial 8006, sponsored by Sen. Val Stevens (R-Arlington), failed to survive Monday’s cutoff deadline for legislation to pass from its house of origin. Though it could be revived through extraordinary procedural means, it is effectively dead for the session.

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