DAILY NEWS
80K jobs, Boeing ramp-up, WWU pay, Hall & Cee Lo…
Friday, July 6, 2012
EMPLOYMENT
► At AFL-CIO Now — Trumka says Republican obstructionism hampers job creation — Says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: “Republicans in Congress have responded to massive jobs shortage and weak economy with obstructionism and dishonesty. They have repeatedly blocked public investment that would create jobs and spur grown, including President Obama’s American Jobs Act.”
ALSO at The Stand — ‘Bring Jobs Home’ event July 9 at closed K-C mill in Everett
BOEING
► From AP — Boeing delivers 150 planes in 2nd quarter, including six 787s— The 787 deliveries are being closely watched because Boeing is ramping up production of that plane at both its Everett factory and a new line in North Charleston, S.C.
STATE GOVERNMENT
► In the Bellingham Herald — Gregoire chastises WWU president over giving faculty big raises— Gov. Chris Gregoire has chastised Western Washington University for giving “significant salary increases” to faculty during a poor economy while students faced tuition hikes of 16%. Western and the union defended the increases, saying that faculty haven’t had an across-the-board salary increase since 2008. Their current average salaries range from $37,409 for a lecturer to $81,700 for a professor.
LOCAL
► In today’s Seattle Times — Seattle Hilton may be sold, workers warned (brief) — R.C. Hedreen Co., owner of the downtown Seattle Hilton Hotel, has warned 141 hotel employees they may be laid off on Sept. 3. The potential layoffs stem from a possible sale of the building, said a Hedreen official, who declined to comment on the status of negotiations.
PREVIOUSLY at The Stand — Hotel workers protest poverty-wage jobs at Seattle Hilton (Jan. 14)
► In today’s (Everett) Herald — State continues to probe into blast at sewage plant — A general contractor didn’t violate workplace safety laws before a propane tank exploded at a Edmonds-area water treatment plant in February, state investigators say.
► In Thursday’s Seattle Times — Seattle teachers union adopts softer strategy — Jonathan Knapp says his election as president of the Seattle teachers union is affirmation of the union’s new strategy of relationship-building and seeking compromise.
ELECTION
► In today’s Olympian — Voter registration deadline is Monday— Residents who have already registered but have changed their name or address have until Monday to update their registration in time for the Aug. 7 election. To register or update your existing registration, go to MyVote.
► At SeattlePI.com — DelBene hit with first 1st District attack mailing — “Progress for Washington,” a shadowy group with a Post Office box address in Kirkland and ties to Laura Ruderman, has targeted Democratic candidate Suzan DelBene with the first negative, “independent” attack mailing of the wide-open U.S. House race.
► In The Hill — Union chief dismisses talk of rift between labor, Democrats — Lee Saunders, the new president of the nation’s largest union of public workers (AFSCME) on Thursday rejected suggestions that tensions linger between Democrats and labor over their defeat in the Wisconsin recall election.
► In today’s NY Times — Off and out with Mitt Romney (by Paul Krugman) — All the talk of offshoring and outsourcing has Mitt Romney on the defense. But what was good for Bain Capital definitely would not be good for America.
NATIONAL
► In today’s NY Times — The workingman’s Constitution (by William Forbath) — The Supreme Court is again putting up constitutional barriers against laws to redress want and inequity. While it handed liberals a victory on the Affordable Care Act, it also gave a boost to conservatives to revive the old laissez-faire Constitution in the polity and courts: new doctrine and dictums for their attack on the welfare and regulatory state.
T.G.I.F.
► If you haven’t yet discovered Live from Daryl’s House, let the entire staff of The Stand introduce you to one of our favorite music sites. The legendary Daryl Hall hosts musical guests ranging from Chromeo to Smokey Robinson and performs their hits together — along with Hall & Oates hits — live. Here’s a taste, with Daryl joining Cee Lo Green for “Cry Baby,” our personal favorite from Cee Lo’s latest album.
Enjoy, and have a great weekend — brought to you by the Labor Movement.
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