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3. Layoffs 'into the thousands, more to come' as concrete worker strike nears third month
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 12:08 PM
Feb 2022

Picket lines on major construction sites around the Puget Sound region have been in effect since November 2021. Thousand of construction workers have been laid off as a result, and more will likely follow as negotiations with concrete suppliers remain at a standstill.

Jaime Fleming, a spokesperson with Teamsters 174, representing 330 workers employed by various local concrete suppliers, confirmed with MyNorthwest that “employers are still stonewalling and refusing any contact or conversation with us.”

https://mynorthwest.com/3340372/construction-layoffs-into-the-thousands-more-to-come-as-concrete-worker-strike-nears-third-month/

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