Business

1145 Stories

Sustainable sandwich business proves unsustainable

Workers at the local sandwich chain Homegrown say the company's plan to close 10 out of 12 stores amounts to union busting. The announcement came not long after the company’s union ratified a contract promising better pay and benefits.
Joshua McNichols
Alaska Airlines passengers will now be greeted with chill Sub Pop tunes

Move over Muzak.
Dyer Oxley
A motorcycle rally and a rock show. Boeing machinists vote to strike

On Wednesday unionized Boeing machinists voted to strike if they cannot agree on a contract with the company by this fall. Members of IAM District 751 rallied into downtown Seattle, demanding better pay and benefits from Boeing in their new contract.
Casey Martin
Faced with limited work options, asylum-seekers are starting businesses in Washington state
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Seattle-area grocery workers 'flabbergasted' by Kroger-Albertsons sales plan

Grocery workers for Kroger and Albertsons are denouncing the recently released list of stores to be sold off as part of the merger process.
Ruby de Luna
Downtown Seattle office values are dropping like overripe plums. That's not all bad

In the Seattle metro area, the market price for a place to attempt to concentrate on your work while colleagues talk loudly near your desk is dropping significantly. Eastside, don't get cocky - it's happening there too.
Joshua McNichols
Home Depot fined $1.6M for selling banned super-pollutant in Washington

Washington state has fined Home Depot $1.6 million for selling canisters of a banned substance that harms the climate.
John Ryan
Why McMenamins is sticking with Tacoma, despite losses at popular Elks Temple

The century-old Elks Temple in downtown Tacoma cost $30 million to turn into a hotel/restaurant/bar/concert venue. It opened right before the pandemic. Since then, it's been a consistent money-loser for the company that restored it. But the McMenamins company made its name by taking the long view. Company co-founder Mike McMenamin has no intention of changing that now.
Joshua McNichols
BNSF Railway ordered to pay $395 million after years of trespassing on Swinomish land

A federal judge has ordered BNSF Railway to pay the Swinomish Tribe $395 million for illegally running mile-long oil trains through the tribe’s reservation for nearly a decade.
John Ryan
Puget Sound electrical workers vote on whether to end 2-month strike

About 1,000 electrical workers in the Puget Sound region were voting on Thursday whether to go back to work.
John Ryan

1 of 115