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Best New Year’s Eve Parties for Grown-Ups
Happy New Year! Ready to let your hair down and party? Here are some Seattle area venues where you and your grown-up friends can welcome 2012 with lots of fun and style! Indulgence at the EMP Saturday,...
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Waste Management Recycling/Yard Waste Drivers Have Gone On Strike In King And...
SEATTLE (AP) — About 150 of Waste Management’s recycle and yard waste union drivers have gone on strike in King and Snohomish counties. Picket lines went up Wednesday at several Waste Management...
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Replacement Drivers on Way in Seattle Waste Strike
SEATTLE (AP) — Waste Management started bringing in replacement truck drivers Friday to pick up garbage in Renton and parts of the Seattle-Everett area where trash has been piling up since a Teamsters...
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Seattle to Allow Free Dumping During WM Strike
SEATTLE (AP) — With garbage piling up as a Teamsters truck drivers’ strike against Waste Management enters its second week, Seattle will allow residents limited free dumping at transfer stations. The...
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Local Food Delivery Drivers Back On Strike
AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — Union drivers and warehouse workers in Auburn, Wash., who had voted to return to work after a three-day strike against United Natural Foods Inc. say their strike is back on after...
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Time Runs Short To Avert Longshoremen’s Strike
NEW YORK (AP) — In just a few days, a walkout by thousands of dock workers could bring commerce to a near standstill at every major port from Boston to Houston, potentially delivering a big blow to...
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Boeing Engineers, Tech Workers Voting On Contract
SEATTLE (AP) — The union for Boeing Co.’s engineers and technical workers is counting ballots Tuesday on a contract offer and whether to authorize a strike. The vote comes as the company is trying to...
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Boeing Engineers OK Pact, Tech Workers Say No
SEATTLE (AP) —Boeing Co.’s engineers have accepted a new four-year contract while technical workers rejected their offer and voted to authorize a future strike. The union representing both groups had...
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Strikes Loom For Kitsap, Seattle Teachers
PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — As the school year draw near, teacher strikes are a possibility in south Kitsap County and Seattle following disagreements over contract negotiations. In south Kitsap...
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Strike Notice Given By Puget Sound Grocery Workers
SEATTLE (AP) — A union spokesman says four grocery chains with stores in the Puget Sound area have been given notice that 21,000 union workers could strike Monday evening if no contract agreement is...
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Walmart Employees Said To Be Planning Strikes, Protests On Black Friday
WASILLA, Alaska (CBS Seattle) - Reports indicate that Walmart employees from Alaska to New Jersey are planning to protest the superstore on Black Friday, one of the most popular shopping days of the...
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Machinists Plan March To Push Contract Vote
SEATTLE (AP) — Some machinists in Puget Sound plan to rally in favor of a Boeing contract vote, a union member said Monday, escalating tensions over the handling of negotiations tied to the new 777X...
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Oregon Marijuana Campaign Canvassers Go On Strike
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A small contingent of canvassers for one of Oregon’s two marijuana-legalization measures has announced a strike in protest of paychecks that were either late or bounced. A dozen...
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Teachers From 8 School District To Hold One-Day Strikes
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Education Association says members of the union from eight school districts plan to hold one-day strikes to protest legislative inaction on education funding reform. The...
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Striking Seattle Teachers Reach Tentative Deal
SEATTLE (AP) — The latest on the strike by public-school teachers in Seattle: 8:10 a.m. Seattle teachers have reached a tentative agreement with the city’s school district as their strike enters its...
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Women Go On Strike In US To Show Their Economic Clout
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Some American women stayed home from work, joined rallies or wore red to demonstrate their economic clout Wednesday as part of a multitude of International Women’s Day events held...
View ArticleSeattle Teachers Union Rejects Call For 1-Day Strike
SEATTLE (AP) – The Seattle teachers union has rejected a call for a one-day strike on May 1 to protest legislative school-funding proposals many members consider inadequate. The Seattle Times reports...
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