Friday, December 6, 2019 LOCAL Willapa Valley Education Association STRIKE UPDATE — Classes are cancelled again today in Day 4 of the strike by the Willapa Valley teachers in Pacific County southwest of Raymond. As mediated negotiations continue, school administrators are telling parents, “We are hoping to have school back in session sometime […]
Thursday, December 5, 2019 LOCAL ► In today’s News Tribune — Enumclaw nurses picket over pay, staffing as CHI Franciscan aligns with other provider — Nurses at an Enumclaw hospital launched an informational picket Wednesday as contract negotiations continue into their seventh month. The rally at CHI Franciscan’s St. Elizabeth Hospital aimed to […]
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 LOCAL ► In the (Aberdeen) Daily World — Willapa Valley teachers on strike — After months of contract negotiations that go back to last summer and the involvement of a state mediator, teachers in the Willapa Valley School District have gone on strike over wages, special education support and […]
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 LOCAL ► From KXRO — Willapa Valley teachers strike begins — A spokesman for Willapa Valley Education Association says that teachers plan to begin a strike today following months of negotiations with the school district. He said that the main concerns of the WVEA include “student safety, support for […]
Monday, December 2, 2019 LOCAL ► In the Spokesman-Review — Sacred Heart nurses prepare for strike as Tri-Cities nurses reach tentative agreement — A group of unionized nurses in the Tri-Cities reached a tentative contract agreement with Providence officials Monday night, but their counterparts at Spokane’s Sacred Heart Medical Center are continuing to […]
Thursday, November 21, 2019 The Entire Staff of The Stand is going on vacation. Our next Daily News posting will actually be several days from now — on Monday, Dec. 2. That said, we may post an occasional “emergency” story elsewhere at The Stand from an undisclosed location. Until then… THIS WASHINGTON […]
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 LOCAL ► In today’s (Everett) Herald — Swedish nurses authorize strike if negotiations stay stalled — Nurses and health care workers standing outside Seattle’s Swedish Medical Center announced Friday their union, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW, had authorized a strike that would affect all Swedish hospitals, including the Edmonds campus. The […]
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 LOCAL ► From KUOW — ‘Smoke in the street.’ Unions grapple with the complicated legacy of the WTO protests — Twenty years ago, demonstrators converged on downtown Seattle to protest the World Trade Organization. It was supposed to be non-violent. But in a single day, the city was thrown […]
Monday, November 18, 2019 LOCAL ► From KING 5 — Swedish nurses, health care workers vote to strike — Union nurses and health care workers at Swedish Medical Center announced that they have voted Friday to authorize a strike. Health care workers from SEIU Healthcare 1199NW, Washington State Nurses Association and UFCW […]
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 THIS WASHINGTON ► In today’s Seattle Times — With nearly all ballots counted, voters reject Washington’s affirmative-action measure — Supporters of the affirmative-action measure Referendum 88 have conceded defeat, as Washington’s counties began tallying and posting the bulk of their remaining ballots. With King, Pierce, Snohomish, Kitsap and other […]
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