Picket lines on major construction sites around the Puget Sound region have been in effect since November. 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.”
Fleming also noted that “thousands” of construction workers have been laid off over the course of the strike “with more to come.” Striking members with Teamsters 174 lost health coverage Feb. 1.
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