DAILY NEWS
Pickets pay off ● NAFTA deal ● The Trump economy
Thursday, August 16, 2018
THE QUEEN OF SOUL (1942-2018)
PAY OUR TEACHERS!
► In today’s (Longview) Daily News — Millennium water quality permit denial upheld — In another setback to the proposed Longview coal project, a state board Wednesday upheld the denial of a key water quality permit for the Millennium Bulk Terminals project. Millennium plans to appeal the decision.
LOCAL
► From Teamsters 117 — Teamsters win strong contract at Supervalu — Teamsters who work in SuperValu’s grocery warehouse in Tacoma voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year contract. The contract provides annual wage increases, excellent health and welfare coverage, and retirement security for over 200 members of Local 117 and their families.
► In today’s (Longview) Daily News — Millennium water quality permit denial upheld — In another setback to the proposed Longview coal project, a state board Wednesday upheld the denial of a key water quality permit for the Millennium Bulk Terminals project. Millennium plans to appeal the decision.
THIS WASHINGTON
PREVIOUSLY at The Stand — A fantastic day for labor candidates, causes (Aug. 8)
► In today’s Seattle Times — Shake up the system to boost voter turnout (editorial) — To build on their progress making voting more accessible, legislators should consider a broad update of the state election calendar.
THAT WASHINGTON
PREVIOUSLY at The Stand — Trump’s tariffs are not really the point (by Stan Sorscher) — China isn’t “cheating” on trade. They are playing a different game: advancing the interests of their nation, rather than global corporations. America’s new trade policies should advance the interests of our people.
► In today’s Washington Post — Elizabeth Warren takes on corporate giants as she lays 2020 marker — The senator has unveiled a proposal aimed at fundamentally recalibrating the mission of the biggest corporations, pushing them away from maximizing immediate returns for shareholders and executives and toward investing in longer-term value and sharing gains with workers.
NATIONAL
EDITOR’S NOTE — Union members earn higher wages, with median weekly earnings of $1,041 compared to $829 for nonunion. Do you and your co-workers want to get paid what you’re worth? Contact a union organizer today!
► In the Mercury News — H-1B use skyrocketed among Bay Area tech giants — Even as the White House began cracking down on U.S. work visas, major Silicon Valley technology firms last year dramatically ramped up hiring of workers under the controversial H-1B visa program, according to newly released data.
► In today’s Chicago Sun-Times — Chicago hotel workers vote ‘overwhelmingly’ to authorize strike — Workers at dozens of the city’s top hotels voted Wednesday to authorize a strike later this month as they fight for a new collective bargaining agreement. The employees will hit the picket lines if a new deal is not struck by Aug. 31, after Unite Here Local 1 members voted “overwhelmingly” — more than 90 percent — in favor of a potential strike.
TODAY’S MUST-SEE
► From the Center for American Progress — The Trump Economy in one chart
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