The Southwest Washington Central Labor Council congratulates our 2023 endorsed candidates. Find out more about our Labor-endorsed candidates by clicking the images below.

As you may have heard, the Washington Department of Corrections has announced it will close the Larch Corrections Center in Yacolt this October.

SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL AND THE COWLITZ - WAHKIAKUM CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL INVITE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO JOIN US AT THE LABOR DAY PICNIC OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.
Labor Day 2023 Flier.pdf

EEA's bargaining with the Evergreen School district is not going in a positive direction. Sadly, Evergreen educators are being met with anti-union opposition at the bargaining table. 

CCAHE, the Clark College faculty union, and the WPEA, the Clark College staff union, is shouting out a loud and proud THANK YOU to our SWWCLC brothers and sisters for your help staving off cuts to three of our essential Clark employees.    Yes, the cuts to Clark College employees from the CCAHE and the WPEA bargaining units are off the table.

This morning the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters Local 174. As members of Organized Labor work to process the implications of this decision, we wanted to share some of the statements leaders in our movement have made today. AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said, "Today, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with corporations over working people.