The revisions show the United States added only 181,000 jobs last year — the first year of the new Trump administration — one of the lowest increases ever outside recessions. 

All but one metro area in Washington state lost construction jobs in December compared to the same time a year prior, according to the latest jobs data released by federal labor officials. 

Looking to enhance skills for your career or prepare for a professional reset? Washington State University’s Carson College of Business has a new online learning platform to help you. 

Kennewick School District’s annual student job fair is coming up and is looking for businesses interested in offering real-world opportunities for the next generation of workers. 

A proposed law would give Washington’s agricultural workers a formal process to engage in collective bargaining with their employers, extending an advantage that many private-sector workers have.

Members of Kadlec Regional Medical Center’s nurses union will provide information about their top concerns in ongoing contract negotiations during an informational picket on Jan. 26. 

A three-bill package that will pay for the cleanup at the Hanford site and research activity at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is headed to President Donald Trump’s desk. 

In response to increased immigration detentions across the state, Washington Attorney General Nick Brown and other state lawmakers have introduced the Immigrant Worker Protection Act for the 2026 session.

Immigrants not legally authorized to work in the U.S. represent an estimated 40% of the people who help to produce many fruits, vegetables and other labor-intensive crops.