9/26/11

Local News Roundup

Check out these recent Socialist Worker Articles written by Seattle folks

Showdown at Suncadia

Some 200 activists turned out as the Association of Washington Business held its annual policy summit at the Suncadia resort.

Seattle protest takes on Chase
More than 200 turned out in Seattle for a protest against Chase Bank organized by Working Washington.

Tacoma teachers defy injunction to strike
Dan Trocolli, a teacher and member of the Seattle Education Association, reports on the high stakes in a struggle of fellow teachers in Tacoma 

A manufactured postal crisis
Tom Larsen looks at the crisis of the U.S. Postal Service--and how it's being used as a cover to push for massive layoffs and privatization.

Showdown for the ILWU
A battle to stop a scab grain port in Longview, Wash., has led to an old-school labor showdown--which may be a sign of things to come.