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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
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
Undocumented Washingtonians can now work as doctors, teachers under new professional licensing law
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Everett Herald’s new owner appears to censor story about layoffs
Scott Greenstone
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
Why free money makes you more likely to get a job

Guaranteed basic income is an anti-poverty policy gaining traction in Washington cities. Tacoma just started its second basic income pilot, on the heels of a separate King County experiment. KUOW’s economy podcast, Booming, sat down with Natalie Foster, the architect of more than 130 basic income pilots across the country to understand a surprising finding from King County’s basic income experiment, and what it means for the policy more broadly.
Monica Nickelsburg
UW student employees win big pay boost, improved benefits in tentative deal

After a one-day strike, 6,000 University of Washington teaching and research assistants have reached a tentative new labor agreement with school officials.
Sami West
Washington state farmworkers sue U.S. Department of Labor over depressed wages

A group of Washington state farmworkers is suing the U.S. Department of Labor, saying the agency allows employers to exclude them from work by hiring cheaper, foreign labor.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Striking Seattle electrical workers demand better pay, improved safety

Striking electrical workers from IBEW Local 46 have shut down eight work sites after negotiations broke down with the Puget Sound Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA).
Kamna Shastri
Starbucks union negotiations resume after long impasse

Unionized Starbucks stores sent more than 150 delegates to Atlanta Wednesday to resume talks between Starbucks and Workers United, the union representing more than 400 stores.
Monica Nickelsburg

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