A group that includes a former senator is negotiating to buy Blethen Maine Newspapers. But back home, the Seattle Times faces another fiscal challenge — the Teamsters and a possible labor action.
Looks like The Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer won't face a Teamsters strike after all. Teamsters Local 174, which represents 74 drivers who haul the newspapers to Puget Sound...
Some Teamsters truckers, who have been feuding with the Seattle Times Co. since last November over plans to outsource heavy trucking to independent contractor Penske, voted Sunday, Sept. 21, to...
Minority populations in the central Puget Sound area. Click on the map for a larger view. Color code in this order: a. 2 to 20% minority; b. 20 to 28%; c. 28 to 35%; d. 35 to 50%; e. 50 to 75%; 75 to...
Having never fully recovered from a strike seven years ago, the state's biggest newspaper is entering a period of critical labor negotiations. The company plans to outsource Teamsters jobs, and the...