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Union says Providence fired 15 nurses in retaliation for news coverage of girl’s suicide at Spokane hospital

Providence has accused nurses and other staff of violating patient privacy laws.

By Whitney Bryen, InvestigateWest and Kaylee Tornay, InvestigateWest

/ 1 Aug 2025

Local workers for city projects: Proposed ordinance would support local labor

No sick time, no contracts, no breaks: domestic laborer protections fail in state legislature

Organizers vow to fight even harder after failure of bill to extend state labor protections to over 100,000 Washington domestic workers.

By Erin Sellers

/ 22 May 2025

Washington will pay unemployment benefits to striking workers

Ferguson signs SB 5041, which is seen as a significant victory for labor organizers.

By Jaquelyn Jimenez Romero

/ 20 May 2025

The Strippers’ Bill of Rights, one year later

As club owners use a loophole in legislation intended to protect dancers, strippers are finding their own ways to fight back through labor organizing and pop-up shows where they keep all their profits.

By Erin Sellers

/ 15 May 2025

The local Planned Parenthood spent $15,570 on union-busting last year

In the last 49 days of 2024, Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho spent $317 a day on a union-busting contract.

By Erin Sellers

/ 14 May 2025

What we know after three months of reporting on the local Planned Parenthood

A track record of poor labor conditions, a deep dive into executive compensation, ghosted donors, an upcoming merger and a 20-year-old discrimination case.

By Erin Sellers

/ 28 Mar 2025

An ICE Contractor Is Worth Billions. It’s Still Fighting to Pay Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work.

GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept.

By McKenzie Funk

/ 20 Mar 2025

State labor blasts Ferguson’s furlough plan, calling it a betrayal

The Washington governor drew fire from progressives at a rally in support of taxing the wealthy and businesses.

By Jerry Cornfield

/ 19 Mar 2025

Uncertainty for Spokane’s Haitian migrants — and for employers

After President Donald Trump canceled a program that allows people who fled a country in turmoil to work and live here, a local jobs program is unsure what will happen to them.

By Aaron Hedge

/ 13 Mar 2025

Most WA federal rulings found immigrant detentions flouted due process

How Spokane OnlyFans creators use the platform as a tool for economic mobility and stability

‘ Ask not what you can do for the patriarchy, but what the patriarchy can do for you.’

By Erin Sellers

/ 14 Feb 2025

‘The mission doesn’t pay the bills.’

Employees at the local Planned Parenthood are considering unionization over what they characterize as low pay and bad working conditions. The CEO is paying a union-busting firm the equivalent of 17 medical assistants’ hourly wages to persuade them not to.

By Erin Sellers

/ 19 Dec 2024

'Trabajo oculto, riesgo oculto'

La busqueda de justicia laboral para un trabajador indocumentado ilustra deficiencias del departamento Labor & Industries, la proclamada red de protección para los trabajadores del estado de Washington.

By Daisy Zavala Magaña

/ 9 Sep 2024