A concrete workers' union has reached working agreements with two companies, as the concrete strike enters its fifth month. FOX13
facility and Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel can use union drivers and haul concrete to projects of the companies' choosing.Sound Transit said on Monday that it expects to receive 8,000 cubic yards of concrete—roughly 800 truckloads—at its Lynnwood Light Rail Extension Project over the next few weeks, and the concrete will be coming from Cadman’s Seattle plant.At Stoneway's Harbor Island facility, a steady stream of unmarked cement trucks left the facility after a brief visit on Monday.
Last week, King County Executive Dow Constantine proposed the county get into the concrete business as a long-term hedge to prevent any future disruption of public projects."The local market for concrete has failed, not just these individual construction projects, but the people of King County at a critical moment," Constantine told King County council members, referring to several large-scale projects, like Sound Transit light rails and the Convention Center expansion.
Now four months into the strike, other building trade unions are starting to feel the pain of the strike, grappling with layoffs without the benefit of the $1 million dollar strike fund.
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