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'It's been a rough two years.' Seattle MLB stadium workers have some demands of their own

It’s been 96 days since the Major League Baseball lockout began. Last week, the Major League Baseball commissioner— Rob Manfred canceled the first two series of the regular season. Now, the earliest the baseball season will start is the second week of April. The financial impact of the delay is already being felt across each stadium.
- Brandi Fullwood
Concrete strike slows the city's building boom

A concrete truckers strike is entering its third month and is slowing projects all around the city, including the reopening of the West Seattle Bridge. Seattle Times reporter Heidi Groover has details.
- Patricia Murphy
Week in Review: Mask mandates, Mazdas stuck on KUOW, and the concrete workers strike

Bill Radke reviews the week's news with freelance journalist Joanne Silberner, Seattle Times transportation reporter David Kroman, and The Stranger staff writer Jas Keimig.
- Kevin Kniestedt
Seattle Now: Why is everything so expensive?

Prices for everything from gas to food to housing have skyrocketed in the last year. Seattle is being hit harder than the rest of the country — we had the second-highest inflation rate, behind Atlanta. So what's going on?
- Patricia Murphy
Decades later, a collection of photographs is filling in the corners of Washington's Latino history

Irwin Nash photographed the living and working conditions of workers in the Yakima Valley during the height of the United Farm Workers' Movement. Thanks to technology, his photos are bringing that story to the forefront today.
- Alec Cowan
Seattle needs fishmongers. Could this be the solution?

Apprenticeships have long helped construction workers learn advanced skills – and earn higher pay. Now unionized grocery workers in Western Washington are following that example. They’re teaming up with employers like Kroger and PCC to create more advanced training and career paths.
- Amy Radil
WA issues new protections for outdoor workers following extreme heat wave

New emergency rules from the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries will soon require employers to provide shade from the sun and breaks for outdoor workers to cool down.
- Esmy Jimenez
Child Labor Surges For The First Time In 20 Years. The Pandemic May Make That Worse.

An estimated 160 million children were involved in child labor around the world at the beginning of 2020, according to a new report.
- Jaclyn Diaz
Google Adapts To Long-Term Telework, Offers Employees Hybrid Workweek

More than a year into telework, the tech giant has said about 60% of its employees will work remotely two days a week. Twenty percent will work from home permanently.
- Jaclyn Diaz
QFC Employees call Seattle hazard pay a 'win' despite store closures

Employees call Seattle hazard pay a 'win' despite QFC store closures
- Amy Radil

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