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Labor Strikes and Disputes

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Occupy Oakland Votes to Shut Down Entire West Coast Port System on Dec. 12

    Peter McGraw, spokesman for the Port of Seattle, tells Seattle Weekly that he's taking a threat of a "total West Coast port shutdown" by Occupy and labor protestors to "very seriously."

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    GOP Looks to Punish NLRB for Boeing Case by Stripping It Of Power

    ​House GOP members are not satisfied to simply oppose the National Labor Relations Board's case against Boeing and its possibly-illegal decision to build a plant in South Carolina. They want to to strip the NLRB of its power for all labor cases.

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Union Longshoremen "Storm" Port of Longview, Cause Mass Destruction, Say Police

    ​A long-simmering standoff between International Longshore and Warehouse Union workers and the Port of Longview turned destructive this morning, police say, when hundreds of striking workers "stormed" the port, smashing windows, cutting brake lines, spilling grain and holding security guards ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Obama Sends Cabinet-Pick Lackey to Take Sides in Boeing/NLRB Fight

    ​With the 2012 Republican field taking shape and an electorate polling to the right, President Obama is hedging his bets along with it. The bitter battle over the National Labor Relations Board's complaint against Boeing and the company's decision to build a new non-union factory in South Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Newt Gingrich: Kill National Labor Relations Board for Boeing Complaint

    ​In last night's Mitt-Romney-makeout of a Republican primary debate, Newt Gingrich attempted everything possible to try and reanimate the corpse of his candidacy. And packed within his talk of space stations on the moon and the "Obama depression," he threw some bloody meat to his party's raven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    New York Times vs. Seattle Times on Boeing NLRB Complaint

    ​Depending on which state's version of The Times you read on Sunday, the complaint filed by the National Labor Relations Board against Boeing over its plans to move a chunk of its Dreamliner production to South Carolina is either a "welcome effort to defend workers' right[s]," or the move to S ... More >>

  • 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 22, 2010

    Grocery Strike Averted, Sign Makers Very Sad

    ​The posters at my local Fred Meyer's store were pretty straightforward: they were frantically recruiting employees for what looked like a nearly inevitable pre-Thanksgiving grocery worker's strike courtesy of Allied Employers and United Food and Commercial Workers Locals 21 and 81 as well as ... 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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Grocery Worker Strike Looms Over Holiday Shopping Season

    ​Grocery shopping during the holidays is annoying enough already. There are the crowds, the cheesy decorations and the toy hungry children running amok. So what's one thing that could make the experience even worse? How about a massive strike in which grocery workers won't be inside helping yo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2010

    Metropolis

    ​Grocery shopping during the holidays is annoying enough already. There are the crowds, the cheesy decorations and the toy hungry children running amok. So what's one thing that could make the experience even worse? How about a massive strike in which grocery workers won't be inside helping yo ... 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

    March 25, 2010

    Who Will Pick Up Seattle's Garbage If the Collectors Go On Strike?

    That's not fresh cut roses you're smelling. ​Baseball. Sunshine. The smell from an overflowing garbage can lilting on the breeze as its contents sit rotting in the sun. Obviously, no one would include the latter on a list of things they're looking forward to this spring. But if the garbage co ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2010

    Sounders vs. Philadelphia Union

    That's not fresh cut roses you're smelling. ​Baseball. Sunshine. The smell from an overflowing garbage can lilting on the breeze as its contents sit rotting in the sun. Obviously, no one would include the latter on a list of things they're looking forward to this spring. But if the garbage co ... More >>

  • News

    September 9, 2009

    Do the Oboes Have Hutchison's Back?

    So far, Seattle Symphony players have been quiet about the political ambitions of the head of the SSO’s board.

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Has Susan Hutchison Won The Silence of Symphony Orchestra Players Through Election Day?

    As those of us who've covered the years-long turmoil at the Seattle Symphony Orchestra well know, the SSO musicians are generally not shy in speaking their minds to the press about management. Which makes it all the more remarkable that we've heard pretty much nothing from them about Susan Hutchison ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Mayoral Razzle-Dazzle, Thanks to Taxpayers

    Mayor Greg Nickels' taxpayer-supported government homepage is looking more and more like a personal re-election website these days, with one exception: His static campaign homepage doesn't have near the dazzle factor of the improved city site, now with flash graphics and more elaborate self-pats-on- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Other Mayoral Candidates Weigh in on Housing Levy, Picket Lines, and More

    The City Council just voted to send a $145 million housing levy to the voters. This is the amount proposed by Greg Nickels; Council President Richard Conlin wanted more, while Nickels challenger Jan Drago wanted the amount to be less, arguing that the voters might not approve $145 million. But w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Top Ten Rejected Nickels Methods of Not Crossing the Picket Line

    In accepting the presidency of U.S. Conference of Mayors today, Greg Nickels had one big obstacle to overcome: The conference (where he'd be accepting the office) was being picketed by a firefighters' union. How, then, does a mayor who's popular with labor enter the building without crossing the pic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    Starbucks Wins Court Case, Settles Labor Complaint, Loses Contract to Dunkin, May Move Tazo to Seattle

    Our local coffee giant has been busy: In bad news for the company's baristas, Starbucks won a reversal of a verdict requiring it to pay $86 million in restitution for allowing supervisors to take a share of the baristas' tips. A California Court of Appeals ruled that the company's policy doesn't vi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    Bellevue Philharmonic Season Ends With a Whimper

    Things just keep getting tougher for the orchestra across the water. The Seattle Times reports today that the Bellevue Philharmonic canceled its final Masterworks concert, scheduled for next month. Executive Director Jennifer McCausland says they made the decision to cancel, feeling they couldn't re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    Oak Harbor, Teamsters Wage the Public Sympathy Battle

    Two months ago, Teamster truckers (and other represented employees) working for Auburn-based Oak Harbor Freight Lines walked off the job, demanding better a better health-care package. That same day, Oak Harbor started hiring replacements--known to organized labor as scabs. It's a scene that brings ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2008

    Candidates Lose As Writers Strike Ceases

    Two months ago, Teamster truckers (and other represented employees) working for Auburn-based Oak Harbor Freight Lines walked off the job, demanding better a better health-care package. That same day, Oak Harbor started hiring replacements--known to organized labor as scabs. It's a scene that brings ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2008

    What to Do During the Writers' Strike, Vol. 17: Pet Therapy

    Two months ago, Teamster truckers (and other represented employees) working for Auburn-based Oak Harbor Freight Lines walked off the job, demanding better a better health-care package. That same day, Oak Harbor started hiring replacements--known to organized labor as scabs. It's a scene that brings ... More >>

  • News

    January 2, 2008

    Why Seattleites Are Picketing in the Writers' Strike

    Because they want to get back to writing your after-work specials.

  • News

    November 14, 2007

    Union Yes? Maybe Not

    For the first time: picketers scared of the camera.

  • News

    December 7, 2005

    A Union Shop on Every Block

    As baristas seek to organize, the feds cite Starbucks.

  • News

    October 9, 2002

    A Storm in the Ports

    Are shippers trying to bust the union? If they are, their timing couldn't be better.

  • News

    May 8, 2002

    -30-

    Are shippers trying to bust the union? If they are, their timing couldn't be better.

  • News

    April 25, 2001

    Strike force

    19,000 state union members jump into the Legislature's dispute over money.

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    What teacher's strike?

    19,000 state union members jump into the Legislature's dispute over money.

  • News

    March 14, 2001

    News Clips— 'Times' workers want in

    19,000 state union members jump into the Legislature's dispute over money.

  • News

    February 28, 2001

    Workers unite! Or else!

    The changing face of the Seattle Times family.

  • News

    February 14, 2001

    Draining Times

    After the strike, many top reporters have left The Seattle Times.

  • News

    January 31, 2001

    News Clips— Copy hook?

    Times veteran still not back at work.

  • News

    January 10, 2001

    Striking Lessons

    In Seattle's newspaper strike, both management and labor learned from Detroit's five-year-long labor dispute.

  • News

    January 10, 2001

    Family Feud

    Can Fairview Fannie get her groove back?

  • 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

    Striking divisions

    Will workers at the Times and P-I preserve their unity despite important differences?

  • News

    December 6, 2000

    The Great Wall of Fairview

    Will workers at the Times and P-I preserve their unity despite important differences?

  • News

    November 29, 2000

    Holiday on the line

    Will workers at the Times and P-I preserve their unity despite important differences?

  • News

    November 29, 2000

    Who cares?

    In the age of the Internet and 24-hour cable news, does a newspaper strike matter?

  • News

    November 29, 2000

    Ink-stained wretches, unite!

    "It isn't just our fight": Times/P-I staffers hold out for a better contract.

  • 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.

  • Film

    October 18, 2000

    Coal miner's son

    Dad disapproves of son's impossible dream.

  • News

    May 5, 1999

    Union reunion

    Port workers flex collective muscle

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