More from KUOW Education Labor Expert Says Seattle Was Epicenter Of Labor Movement In 2013 KUOW | By Marcie Sillman Published December 31, 2013 at 2:10 PM AKST Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 7:12 KUOW Photo/Carolyn Adolph Locally, one of the biggest labor stories of the year was the contract dispute between Boeing and the Machinist Union. Marcie Sillman talks with John Nichols, Washington correspondent at The Nation, about the year's most significant labor stories.