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The Department of Labor and Industries was created by an act of the state legislature in 1921, overseeing industrial insurance, worker safety, and industrial relations. [2] [3] The new agency superseded the Bureau of Labor, created in 1901 to inspect workplaces, and minor state boards and commissions monitoring worker health, safety, and insurance claims.
Auditor, Washington State (SAO) Aviation, Department of Transportation (DOTA) Bar Association (BAR) Beef Commission (BEEF) Biodiversity Council (BDC) Blind, Washington State School for the (WSSB) Blueberry Commission (BLUE) Building Code Council, State (SBCC) Caseload Forecast Council, State of Washington (CFC)
In early March 2020, coronavirus cases within Washington state grew along with the rest of the country. Washington State Department of Health officials requested, from the federal government's Strategic National Stockpile (the U.S. government's repository of drugs, vaccines and equipment to be used in major public health emergencies), 233,000 respirators and 200,000 surgical masks.
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Mike Kreidler, Commissioner. Website. www.insurance.wa.gov. The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner was created in 1889–90, and became a separate agency in 1907 with an elected commissioner. [1] The current commissioner is Mike Kreidler, a Democrat first elected in 2000 and reelected five times.
Economy of Washington (state) The northwestern U.S. state of Washington 's economy grew 3.7% in 2016, nearly two and a half times the national rate. Average income per head in 2009 was $41,751, 12th among states of the U.S. The United States' largest concentration of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) workers reside in Washington ...
61 picketers. The 1933 Yakima Valley strike (also known as the Congdon Orchards Battle) took place on 24 August 1933 in the Yakima Valley, Washington, United States. It is notable as the most serious and highly publicized agricultural labor disturbance in Washington history and as a brief revitalization of the Industrial Workers of the World in ...
The Washington State Labor Council is the Washington branch of the AFL–CIO. It represents all AFL–CIO affiliates in state politics, and its major interest group, particularly for Democratic politicians. The organization was split when several national unions broke from the AFL–CIO and formed the Change to Win Coalition, taking their state ...