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Jobs and Labor

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    The Twinkie Defense: Hostess Given More Time in Bankruptcy Fight with Seattle Teamster Fund

    Despite fear-mongering headlines, the Twinkie is not dead yet. Consumed by Americans at a rate of 500 million a year, the creme-filled sponge cake created in 1930 has been given a reprieve by a New York bankruptcy judge, allowing its maker, Hostess Brands Inc., more time to reorganize during its fin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Seattle Anarchists Fail to Get Unions to Strike, Will Settle for Bicyclists

    ​Convincing an entire region's union port workers to strike is tough--especially if you're actually not in the union. Perhaps that's why local anarchists are toning down their demands that union members strike to something more manageable: A bike ride!

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Local Labor Finally Backs Occupy Seattle Protestors

    For days the silence was deafening. Left-leaning protests sweeping the nation. Wealth distribution, corporate greed, and workers' rights all on the agenda. And as expected, organized labor joining the common cause--everywhere, that is, except Seattle. Until now.

  • News

    June 8, 2011

    Apply Yourself

    Why the state's unemployment requirements need to change.

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Unemployment Crackdown Ignores the Obvious: The State's Job Search Rules Are a Joke

    ​Nobody likes the idea of paying hard-earned money for other people to get a free ride. So in a way it makes sense that the state Employment Security Department yesterday announced a crackdown on people who were collecting benefits without meeting requirements designed to make sure they were a ... More >>

  • News

    April 13, 2011

    Alan Mulally Makes a Killing

    Why leaving Boeing may have been the Ford CEO's best decision yet.

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Grocery-Worker Strike Averted ... At Least For Now

    ​Grocery-store executives at Safeway, Fred Meyer, Albertsons and QFC either caved and gave in to union pressure for fewer employee pay cuts, or called the groups' bluffs altogether. Whatever happened, the picket sign freak-show that had threatened to descend upon grocery stores in King, Snohom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Grocery Union Authorizes Strike, Thanksgiving Shopping Chaos Likely Ahead

    ​Earlier this week we warned you that grocery workers from United Food and Commercial Workers Local 21 were a hair away from turning the Thanksgiving food shopping experience into a nightmare with a massive strike. Well, nightmares do come true it seems. The union voted overwhelmingly to strik ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    Charity Mace

    Unemployed "99ers" pose a toxic threat to overwhelmed social-service agencies.

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    State Supreme Court to Home Health Care Workers: Why Should You Get a Raise If Nobody Else Is Getting One?

    Happier days: The SEIU endorses Gregoire before clashing with the union over raises.​The state Supreme Court today essentially told 25,000 home health care workers to suck it up. In a 5-4 decision, the court rejected a plea by the workers union, SEIU Healthcare 775NW, to make the governor pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Union-Friendly Homeowners Want to Know: How Do I Honor a Garbage Strike?

    Should homeowners let "scabs" pick up their garbage?​If you're anything of a labor sympathizer, you know there's one inviolable rule to follow: Never cross a picket line. Normally, that works out just fine. If, say, Safeway workers go on strike, you can always go to the QFC. But what do you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    McGinn Gets Union Support

    ​As the clear gonna-build-a-tunnel-and-guarantee-a-ton-of-union-jobs (catchy, right?), Average Joe Mallahan has managed to make himself the favored candidate of both business and labor this election season. UNTIL NOW. In an e-mail this morning, Local 21 of the United Food and Commercial Worke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    Dear Valued Customer, Whole Foods Is Fighting Back!

    UFCW workers in front of Whole Food Bellevue​Last month, Whole Foods CEO and cofounder John Mackey shocked many people with his op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on healthcare reform. (Quick refresher: "A careful reading of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution will not reve ... More >>

  • News

    August 12, 2009

    Does the City Have Too Many “Advisors”?

    They’ve grown in number under Nickels, and that’s become a campaign issue—even outside the mayor’s race.

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2009

    Good Day for Nickels

    While Mike McGinn appeared on the Mountain (albeit at a different time than he announced), Jan Drago waited eagerly on the sidelines, and the rest of the mayoral challengers remained fairly quiet, the incumbent finally had a good day. (The SDOT business must seem neverending to that campaign.) Gre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Back to the Future: Starbucks vs. the Wobblies

    The National Labor Relations Board laid the smack down on the wrist of Starbucks last week, siding with union organizers in finding that the coffee giant engaged in unfair labor practices at eight Minneapolis-area stores. The union said that Starbucks kicked visiting organizers out of their stores a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    Is Emmert Worth $900,000?

    State university presidents, including University of Washington's Mark Emmert (shown above at a happier occasion), warned legislators yesterday that proposed budget cuts would devastate their schools. UW alone would have to lay off up to 800 faculty and staff, according to Emmert. Here's one other ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    The News is Bad--But Not That Bad

    Okay, everybody, take a deep breath. The news is bad--but not that bad, at least locally. There was a general sense of panic conveyed by media outlets, including our own, at yesterday's layoff news by both Boeing and Starbucks. But bear in mind that those big layoff figures are national. It was ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    WaMu Axing 3,400

    New owner JPMorgan Chase will ultimately lay off 3,400 Washington Mutual employees in Seattle, a spokesperson tells the Times today. That's more than 80 percent of the 4,300 people WaMu employed here. Most branch workers will keep their jobs, but the Seattle headquarters was the hardest hit by w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    King County is Shutting Down for 10 Days

    New owner JPMorgan Chase will ultimately lay off 3,400 Washington Mutual employees in Seattle, a spokesperson tells the Times today. That's more than 80 percent of the 4,300 people WaMu employed here. Most branch workers will keep their jobs, but the Seattle headquarters was the hardest hit by w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2008

    Here's the Internal Seattle Times Layoff Memo

    New owner JPMorgan Chase will ultimately lay off 3,400 Washington Mutual employees in Seattle, a spokesperson tells the Times today. That's more than 80 percent of the 4,300 people WaMu employed here. Most branch workers will keep their jobs, but the Seattle headquarters was the hardest hit by w ... More >>

  • News

    July 12, 2006

    Showdown at Virginia Mason

    The medical center wants to turn all nurses into supervisors—nullifying their union status.

  • News

    April 12, 2006

    Union Doer

    The Labor Council's new head plans to rebuild the county's big political machine.

  • News

    December 7, 2005

    A Union Shop on Every Block

    As baristas seek to organize, the feds cite Starbucks.

  • News

    January 26, 2005

    Tough Times

    The state's biggest newspaper lays it on the line for a union.

  • News

    December 24, 2003

    Boeing Wins

    The state's $3.2 billion offer 'preserves' 800 dream jobs assembling the Dreamliner.

  • Music

    July 30, 2003

    Big Sister

    The historically progressive YWCA fights a union drive.

  • News

    August 7, 2002

    The Machinists' Last Chance

    Everyone from the governor on down is worried about Boeing's biggest union.

  • News

    August 7, 2002

    Who's the Boss?

    A union reformer fires his staff.

  • News

    April 10, 2002

    Teamster vs. Teamster

    Feds side with local union reformer in contested election.

  • News

    December 5, 2001

    Boeing bust

    Massive cuts at the Lazy B will drive unemployment higher.

  • News

    October 17, 2001

    New Port tack?

    Challenger Lawrence Molloy mounts a vigorous challenge to incumbent Port Commissioner Jack Block.

  • News

    October 10, 2001

    Campaign cocktail

    A stiff shot for the voting public.

  • News

    September 5, 2001

    Labor pains

    City attorney candidate Jim Cline says he's a labor lawyer, but many unions oppose him.

  • News

    June 27, 2001

    The New New Economy?

    As Seattle brushes off from the dot-com fallout, other strategies emerge.

  • News

    June 20, 2001

    Queer unions

    Pride At Work, a gay labor organization, holds its national convention in Everett.

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    Attention Wal-Mart workers: Please do not report injuries.

    After repeated complaints, the state wants to take over the superstore's workers' comp.

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    Union war

    Reformer David Reynolds wins a battle in a bitter fight for control of Washington's largest Teamsters local.

  • News

    February 28, 2001

    Workers unite! Or else!

    The changing face of the Seattle Times family.

  • News

    January 3, 2001

    Freedom of information

    Why does the Times want to lay off workers?

  • News

    January 3, 2001

    Back to work

    P-I employees leave the picket line and face new challenges.

  • News

    December 6, 2000

    Strike cents

    The costs of the newspaper strike are heavy for both sides.

  • News

    December 6, 2000

    The Great Wall of Fairview

    The costs of the newspaper strike are heavy for both sides.

  • News

    November 22, 2000

    Workers' writes

    A strike at Seattle's daily newspapers turns reporters into newsmakers.

  • News

    November 8, 2000

    Stop the presses?

    A strike looms at The Seattle Times and P-I.

  • News

    November 8, 2000

    Labor lessons

    Grad students threaten to strike as the UW refuses to recognize their union.

  • News

    September 29, 1999

    Will labor fight?

    Unions are scaling back protests against free trade and the WTO.

  • News

    May 5, 1999

    Union reunion

    Port workers flex collective muscle

  • News

    January 13, 1999

    Show me the money

    If you think Washington football has declined, wait 'til you see Washington bookball.

  • News

    October 14, 1998

    Life below the line

    In the debate over I-688, we tend not to look too closely at the people it's intended to help—the state's minimum-wage earners.

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