King County Turns Up The Pressure To Resolve Concrete Strike
KING COUNTY, WA — King County Executive Dow Constantine joined Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and other top officials Wednesday to discuss the looming impacts of a prolonged labor dispute on major construction projects around the region.
A strike among 330 concrete laborers has effectively shut down or slowed public and private construction projects around King County, where workers have been on the picket lines demanding a better contract for more than two months in Seattle, Bellevue, Issaquah, Redmond, Snoqualmie and Kenmore. According to the union, Teamsters Local 174, the workers on strike include concrete mixer truck drivers, dump truck drivers and cement plant employees at six companies.
Here are some of the projects impacted by the ongoing labor dispute:
Sound Transit's light rail expansion (Eastside)
West Seattle Bridge repairs (Seattle)
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