Last week the Trump Administration proposed a Federal budget which would slash the Department of Labor by 21%, including cuts to job training and health & safety efforts. Wednesday is this year’s annual Starbucks shareholder meeting; last year's meeting brought attention to the issue of unpredictable and unstable work schedules.

Last week marked a major "cut-off" in the Washington State Legislature, and the three bills to roll back the minimum wage are officially dead for the year! But there’s still time to ask your members of the State House to come out in favor of paid family leave and get us to a majority.

It's been less than a week and a least a half-dozen controversies since the President's address to a joint session of Congress. And we're just two days from a major cutoff at the State Legislature: any bill that doesn't pass its "house of origin" by March 8th is likely dead for the year... unless it's declared "necessary to implement the budget." 

BossFeed Briefing for February 27, 2017. We are now one week into the second month of the Trump Administration, and approaching the third month of the 2017 State Legislative session. The Congressional recess is now officially over, and the State of the Union is set for tomorrow.

BossFeed Briefing for 2/20/2017. Today is a holiday for lots of people who don’t work in front-line customer service jobs, healthcare, or emergency services. It’s the one month anniversary of Inauguration Day. And it’s been five days since bills to roll back the minimum wage advanced out of a State Senate committee. 

It's been four weeks since inauguration day. Confirmation hearings for fast food CEO Andy Puzder to be the next Secretary of Labor are scheduled for Thursday, February 16th. Our State Legislature is considering bills to provide paid family leave… and to roll back the minimum wage.

We're just two weeks away the New Year, which will bring minimum wage increases in Seattle and across the state. Inauguration day is three weeks later.

In three weeks the state minimum wage rises to $11/hour (on the way to $13.50), and the first group of Seattle workers see their minimum wage reach $15/hour. A week after that, the State Legislature meets to begin the 2017 legislative session. 

Election results should start getting posted to the state’s website at about 8:15 tomorrow… but before you jump to any conclusions about early results, make sure to take note of whether King County has posted yet. King is expected to be a strong base of support for I-1433 and pro-worker candidates, and it’s big — about 1 million votes will be cast by King County voters.

Two months from today could be the last day of the nine-dollar-and-change minimum wage in Washington State. If Initiative 1433 passes, then on January 1st, 2017, the state minimum wage will increase from $9.47 to $11.00 on its way to $13.50/hour, raising up more than 700,000 underpaid workers and pumping millions of dollars into the economy. (Paid sick days would take effect a year later.

Halloween is one week from today. Election day is two weeks from tomorrow. One of these days will likely represent the peak of the creepy clown phenomenon. Meanwhile, here’s the latest news on the campaign to raise up Washington

BossFeed Briefing for 10/17/2016 — big bucks from anti-minimum wage groups in state legislative races, raise up Idaho too, and a new name on the same old same old.

BossFeed Briefing for 10/10/2016 — I-1433 is winning, the rent is too damn high, a minimum wage researcher forgot to google, and more. 

BossFeed, the week in work: the industry lobby lines up against secure scheduling from Fox News to the Yakima Valley; wage theft by the big movie studios; how about you automate management first; a pony escapes some things, an elephant charges, and SeaWorld snoops.