Union concrete workers, suppliers reach truce without scheduling new contract talks

After striking in the Seattle area for nearly five months, most of the 330 formerly picketing concrete delivery drivers are back at work.

Two weeks ago, the union reached a truce with the concrete companies so that construction projects could ramp back up over the next few months. The strike started in November 2021.

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“It has become abundantly clear to us over the months this strike has gone on that these employers simply do not care who they hurt in their quest to break the union,” Teamsters Local 174 Secretary-Treasurer Rick Hicks said in a

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