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Monday, September 24, 2018
ELECTION
► In the News Tribune — Oil companies spending big to defeat initiative that would levy fee on carbon emissions — The oil company Phillips 66 has contributed an additional $3.5 million to defeat I-1631, which would impose a carbon-pollution fee on fossil-fuel emissions. That brings the corporation’s total contributions to the opposition campaign to $7.2 million — almost half of the No on 1631 fundraising that on Wednesday totaled $16 million.
LOCAL
ALSO at The Stand:
Help bus workers to Darigold as they kick off 5-day protest, fast
Seattle council calls on Darigold to protect state’s dairy workers
Darigold Dozen will be fasting for all dairy workers
ALSO at The Stand — UW unions rallying to urge free transit for employees
► In the Tri-City Herald — Oxarc, Teamsters settle sick leave dispute — Spokane-based Oxarc Inc. has settled a dispute over sick leave with 25 drivers who haul hazardous materials at the company’s Pasco, Spokane and Yakima locations. Drivers represented by Teamsters Locals 839, 690 and 760 voted in June to authorize their first-ever strike as contract negotiations bogged down over a proposed reduction in sick days.
► In today’s Kitsap Sun — Non-teaching staff in Kitsap schools ask: ‘What about us?’ — Classified (non-teaching) school staff — paraeducators, secretaries, bus drivers, custodians — have seen teachers in Bremerton and throughout Kitsap County get double-digit pay raises, and they have just one question: What about us?
► In today’s Daily News — Kelso’s recovery from 2015 teacher strike may guide Longview — The Kelso School District and Kelso teachers reached a quick contract agreement providing teachers an 8.5 percent pay hike this year while strikes and contentious negotiations occurred in Longview and other school districts across the state
THIS WASHINGTON
► In the Seattle Times — GOP leaders call for state Rep. Matt Manweller to resign after latest sexual misconduct allegation — House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox said in a statement Friday evening that he was saddened and disappointed by the allegation. “What Matt did was wrong,” Wilcox said. “Our Leadership team has asked Matt to resign from his position as state representative. Our entire caucus will discuss this issue early next week.”
► In today’s Seattle Times — Lawmaker out of order to approve of a sham foreign election (editorial) — Washington state lawmakers should not be lending a false veneer of respectability to Cambodia’s recent national election, which most outside observers have decried as a sham. This is far more insidious than it may seem at first glance. The very presence of elected lawmakers from the United States serving as election monitors contradicts our government’s official message that the Cambodian election was not democratic.
EDITOR’S NOTE — Delegates representing the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO’s affiliated unions have voted to endorse Erickson’s opponent, Pinky Vargas, in this fall’s election.
SUPREME COURT
► In the New Yorker — Senate Democrats investigate a new allegation of sexual misconduct, from Brett Kavanaugh’s college years
► From HuffPost — White House responds to 2nd Kavanaugh accuser by attacking her
► From TPM — GOPers knew about new allegation last week, tried to rush confirmation vote
EDITOR’S NOTE — As Sen. Elizabeth Warren tweets: “If Republicans have blocked an FBI investigation, bullied Dr. Ford, & tried to “plow right through” & put Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court — all while holding onto credible information about a second sexual misconduct claim — then this isn’t a confirmation. It’s a cover-up.”
► From Vox — Brett Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court’s looming legitimacy crisis (by Zack Beauchamp) — The American public has long had a deep and abiding faith in the Supreme Court as the last say in our public legal disputes. But in recent years, the public has soured somewhat on the Court. Now experts say the political firestorm surrounding Kavanaugh’s nomination could tip this trend toward a full-blown crisis.
THAT WASHINGTON
► From Bloomberg — Internal GOP poll: ‘We’ve lost the messaging battle’ on tax cuts — A survey commissioned by the Republican National Committee has led the party to a glum conclusion regarding President Donald Trump’s signature legislative achievement: Voters overwhelmingly believe his tax overhaul helps the wealthy instead of average Americans.
EDITOR’S NOTE — Alternate headline: “People aren’t buying it.”
NATIONAL
► From WGN — Deal brings partial resolution to Chicago hotel strike — A hotel workers union says a new contract with Marriott International has been ratified, bringing partial resolution to a strike that began two weeks ago in Chicago.
► In today’s LA Times — Disneyland Resort hotel workers approve a new contract with a $15-an-hour minimum wage — After months of demonstrations and protests, hotel workers at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim overwhelmingly approved a contract that boosts hourly salaries by at least 40% over two years and clears the way for staff to get bonuses that were promised last year.
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