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News nuggets: signature goal has been met!

With terrific help from volunteers, Advocates for Hoffman made our goal of collecting over 2,500 signatures on the filing fee petitions. As of Friday, May 4, the total was 2,592. These names will insure that Steve will be on the August 7 Primary Election ballot without having to pay the $1,740 filing…

Hoffman for Senate campaign blasts off!

On Friday, February 23, 60-plus supporters thumbed their noses at snow flurries to kick off Steve Hoffman’s FSP campaign for U.S. Senate at Seattle’s Labor Temple. Steve brought down the house as he outlined his race against law-and-order Democrat incumbent Maria Cantwell.

House of Labor divided over Trump

Every unionized worker knows that their boss would love to see unions toothless, or gone altogether. The bosses are on the offense to achieve that goal, courtesy of Trump and his cohorts. To stop this, workers need a united labor movement ready to fight this reactionary juggernaut, including the bigoted…

Affirmative action = class solidarity

The election to the presidency of a man who stoked the fires of racial resentment and misogyny sparked protests by thousands in cities across the U.S. Now working people need to plan the next steps in stopping a potential right-wing dystopia. High on the list should be a drive to…

Mexican farmworkers take on growers and a corrupt union

Up and down the Pacific Coast, a largely indigenous workforce does the grueling labor to grow and harvest the fruits and vegetables that land on grocery store shelves. Now their relentless struggle against poverty wages and demeaning treatment is picking up speed like a freight train. In March of 2015,…