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This week, the Council took steps to expand the pandemic-era benefit — and make it permanent.

Seattle homeless outreach, child care and elder care workers are leaving for higher wages, making it harder to provide care for the city’s most vulnerable.

Prolonged negotiations and mounting complaints at the Seattle-based coffee retailer show the obstacles a new labor movement faces.

House fees and shared tips are causing some strip-club workers to actually lose money. Can liquor licenses and increased oversight help?

The answer comes down to an 86-year-old federal law.

At Taylor Shellfish Farms, hiring is increasingly a challenge as skyrocketing housing costs and difficult working conditions make it hard to recruit.

State leaders and labor advocates are pushing for regulations to protect workers who feel torn between working in dangerous heat and losing wages.

A new Yakima office aims to give workers and immigrants a place to gather, share information and organize.

The push comes amid a growing trend of labor organizing in U.S. museums and a flurry of high-profile union votes locally and nationally.

Plus, mythical beasts and where to find them (hint: galleries across the city).

While statewide requirements end March 12, many Seattle theaters will keep their mask-and-vax policies at least through this spring.

Paintings and prints of agricultural workers show another side of their essential work.

Something’s not right about a situation where out-of-state unions can influence local elections, but Seattle-based Amazon can't.