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    UPDATE (March 16) — The Puget Sound Business Journal reports that concrete drivers still not back at work despite offer to return — It could be several days before some of the region’s striking concrete delivery truck drivers are back on the job despite Teamsters Local 174’s offer late Monday afternoon to have those drivers back in their cabs the next day. The plant owners still need to tell the workers when to show up, said the union. As of Tuesday afternoon, those orders had not yet come, though the companies said they were working on return-to-work plans.
    Good-faith offer: Striking workers at 3 companies will return to work to get concrete flowing

    The following is from Teamsters Local 174:

    SEATTLE (March 15, 2022) — As a strike by 330 members of Teamsters Local 174 enters its 116th day, the Teamsters on Monday made the decision to care for our communities by offering to return to work at Cadman Seattle, Lehigh Cement, and Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel. This decision will allow some concrete to flow to critical projects in and around Seattle, with a dedicated and professional Teamster workforce operating equipment they know well, including the West Seattle Bridge, Sound Transit, the Convention Center, and the Hwy 520 Bridge. Negotiations for a new contract will continue with each Employer individually until contracts are reached. This includes the three companies whose workers have offered to return to the job. “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,” said Teamsters Local 174 Secretary-Treasurer Rick Hicks. “Thankfully, we are not like them in that regard. Unlike the Employers, we care deeply about our communities and the people who live in them, which is why we are making this good-faith offer. We are all in full agreement this is the right move for the industry and the community. Our Union is stronger than ever, and we will not give up our fight until we reach a fair contract.”

    The full text of the letters sent to Cadman Seattle, Lehigh Cement, and Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel is below:



    https://www.thestand.org/2022/03/str...ete-companies/
    I'm sorry... but I think this is a pitiful... sympathy gathering display of weakness on part of the Teamsters as a whole and the strike in general. Is this the strategy of this new age company friendly union that Junior is so proud to boast about?
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