LRW Labor Ready

Labor Ready Inc. (NYSE:LRW) has been selected as one of BusinessWeek's Top 100 Growth Companies for 2006. In its May 26, 2006 issue, BusinessWeek compiled its list after reviewing 5,275 publicly-traded companies. To be included in the Top 100 a company had to excel in three categories: sales growth, earnings growth, and return on invested capital when measured over the last three years. "We are pleased to be recognized by BusinessWeek as a Top 100 Growth company," said Labor Ready CEO and President Steve Cooper. "It speaks to the strength of our long-term strategy to serve customers running small businesses. Small businesses account for half the private domestic product and create more than 60 percent of the net new jobs each year. We serve customers in some of the fastest growing industries including construction, logistics and distribution. We believe we are well positioned to sustain our growth and continue our ongoing commitment to our customers, temporary workers and employees." Labor Ready was also recently named to Forbes magazine's Platinum 400 America's Best Big Companies. Labor Ready was ranked Number Two of the Best Managed Companies in America among all business services companies and Number 22 of the Platinum 400 covering all industries. About Labor Ready Labor Ready is an international provider of temporary employees for manual labor, light industrial and skilled trades, operating under the brand names of Labor Ready, Workforce, Spartan Staffing, and CLP Resources. Labor Ready's customers are primarily small- to mid-sized businesses in the construction, warehousing, hospitality, landscaping, transportation, light manufacturing, retail, wholesale, facilities and sanitation industries. Annually, Labor Ready serves approximately 300,000 customers and puts more than 600,000 people to work through its more than 900 branch locations in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.