Monday Evening Headlines
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Boeing strike reaches 18 days, tribes speak out against Initiative 2117, and EV rebates are getting snapped up fast. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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| 0:26.9 | These days, there's so much news. It can be hard to keep up with what it all means for you, your family, and your community. |
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| 0:59.0 | Good afternoon. From the KUOW Newsroom, this is Seattle now. I'm Paige Browning. Here are today's top stories. It's Monday, September 30th. |
| 1:13.4 | There is no clear end to the strike by Boeing employees, which has now drawn out for 18 days. Mediation broke off on Friday. There are no negotiations scheduled. One of the sticking points is a defined pension plan that Boeing axed a decade ago. The union wants it reinstated. |
| 1:20.3 | John Holden is president of the union, IAM District 751. |
| 1:25.3 | You know, it's tough. It's hard to get something back that you lost 10 years prior, but our members deserve |
| 1:30.3 | a retirement. |
| 1:31.3 | The work that we perform is very physical, takes a toll on your body, and they deserve the ability |
| 1:37.3 | to retire with dignity. |
| 1:39.3 | When Boeing canceled its pension, it shifted employees to 401ks. |
| 1:43.3 | The company is now offering to add more money to the 401ks, |
| 1:47.0 | but Holden said the company's proposal is not good enough for a vote. |
| 1:52.0 | It's budget season in Washington state, and a lot of local governments are looking at making cuts. |
| 1:58.0 | But the economy is doing okay, so why are budgets tight? Scott Greenstone looked into it. |
| 2:05.2 | Seattle is looking to lay off more than 75 employees. Proposed cuts at King County have the |
| 2:10.2 | assessor worried he won't have enough appraisers to put property values on new construction. |
| 2:15.8 | Even the state government is looking at cuts with more than |
| 2:18.5 | half a billion dollars less than expected next year. U-dub Professor Jake Vigdor says there's a |
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