LRW Labor Ready

Labor Ready, Inc. (NYSE:LRW) will release third quarter 2005 earnings results after the market closes Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005. Management will discuss the results on a live conference call at 11 a.m. Eastern Time (8 a.m. Pacific Time) on Thursday, Oct. 20. This call is being web cast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at Labor Ready's Web site at www.laborready.com. About Labor Ready Labor Ready is an international provider of temporary employees for manual labor, light industrial and skilled construction jobs, operating under the brand names of Labor Ready, Workforce, Spartan Staffing and CLP. Our customers are primarily small- to mid-sized businesses in the transportation, warehousing, hospitality, landscaping, construction, 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 our more than 890 branch locations in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. For additional information, visit Labor Ready's website at www.laborready.com