Labor Ready Named to BusinessWeek's Top 100 Hot Growth Companies

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.