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EXHIBIT 21

SUBSIDIARIES OF TRUEBLUE, INC.

CORPORATE NAME
  Incorporated in State/Country of:

CLP Holdings Corp

  Nevada

CLP Resources, Inc.

  Delaware

Labor Ready Northwest, Inc.

  Washington

Labor Ready Southwest, Inc.

  Washington

Labor Ready Central, Inc.

  Washington

Labor Ready Midwest, Inc.

  Washington

Labor Ready Mid-Atlantic, Inc.

  Washington

Labor Ready Northeast, Inc.

  Washington

Labor Ready Southeast, Inc.

  Washington

Labour Ready Temporary Services, Ltd.

  Canada

Labour Ready Temporary Services UK, Ltd.

  United Kingdom

Labor Ready Puerto Rico, Inc.

  Puerto Rico

Labor Ready Holdings, Inc.

  Nevada

PlaneTechs, LLC

  Nevada

Project Trades Solutions, LLC

  Nevada

Spartan Staffing, LLC

  Nevada

Transportation Logistics Company, LLC

  Nevada

TrueBlue Enterprises, Inc.

  Nevada

Venue Ready, LLC

  Nevada

Workers' Assurance of Hawaii, Inc.

  Hawaii

TrueBlue, Inc. has several additional subsidiaries not named above. The unnamed subsidiaries, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, would not constutute a "significant subsidiary" at the end of the year covered by this report.




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