Thursday, May 23, 2013 AEROSPACE ► In today’s Seattle Times — McNerney: Boeing will squeeze suppliers and cut jobs — Boeing Chief Executive Jim McNerney, acknowledging that “I’m sounding like Darth Vader here,” touted plans Wednesday to reduce costs by squeezing suppliers hard and cutting jobs across the company. He praising how Dennis [...]
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Columbian — Inslee turns up the heat (editorial) — After the Legislature failed to complete its work earlier this year, Gov. Jay Inslee dispatched several signals indicating he would participate more aggressively in the special session. On Monday, he did precisely that, vetoing $81 [...]
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s News Tribune — Party lines blur at transportation rally — At least three Republican state lawmakers rallied Monday on the Capitol steps with backers of a gas tax and fee increase that would pay for roads, ferries, mass transit and other transportation improvements. Democrats [...]
Monday, May 20, 2013 PASSINGS ► In Sunday’s Seattle Times — Labor leader Kenney pushed for farmworker rights — “He was very committed to working the problems of farmworkers and did much to bring farm laborers into better coverage and really helped promote them,” former Gov. Mike Lowry recalled. ► In today’s Seattle [...]
Friday, May 17, 2013 N.L.R.B. ► From AP — Nominee impasse poses problems for labor board — Senate Republicans said Thursday they would not support five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, raising the possibility the troubled agency could be rendered mostly inoperable later this year. ► From AP — Second court [...]
Thursday, May 16, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In the Spokesman-review — Washington Health Insurance Exchange to cut health care costs — Washington’s consumers got their first, preliminary look at the cost of “Obamacare” on Tuesday. And the news, for many consumers, was good: Health insurance next year will cover more and cost less. Huge [...]
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 AUSTERITY ► In today’s Kitsap Sun — Defense exempts local shipyard workers from furloughs — The Pentagon will furlough about 800,000 civilian employees for 11 days due to the across-the-board cuts known as “sequestration.” But employees in Navy shipyards, including at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton. However, [...]
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — Special session takes ‘nice first step’ — A special session of the Legislature began Monday with talk of an agreement that could clear a path for a plan to raise billions of dollars for transportation. The Democratic chairwoman of the House [...]
Monday, May 13, 2013 AEROSPACE ► In the Seattle Times — Boeing to shed 1,500 IT jobs here over next three years — Boeing will inform its information-technology workers Monday that 1,500 IT jobs in the Puget Sound region will go away in the next three years through a combination of layoffs, attrition [...]
Friday, May 10, 2013 FOOD DRIVE ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — Postal workers lead way to replenish food banks (by Julie Muhlstein) — The easiest way to be a big help is coming up Saturday. While delivering mail, letter carriers here and across the country will pick up donations of nonperishable food [...]
