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• Symphony musicians reject offer, concert cancelled

  November 2, 2012 in City The Spokane Symphony musicians will go on strike effective at 5 p.m. Saturday, forcing cancellation of Saturday’s SuperPops concert. 12

• UK border guards to strike on eve of Olympics

  July 19, 2012 in Nation/World LONDON — The union representing immigration staff at British airports says its members will walk off the job on July 26, the day before the start of the Olympic Games. 2

• Shock set to play after strike at least temporarily called off

  March 11, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 When the Arena Football League schedule was released in October, Spokane majority owner Brady Nelson wasn’t thrilled to see the Shock with a Monday home opener, the last of six … 1

• Nelson: Spokane Shock opener will go on as planned

  March 9, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 Spokane Shock majority owner Brady Nelson says he’s “100 percent” confident the Arena Football League team’s season opener Monday night will go on as planned despite threats from the players …

• Negotiators reach deal to end Tacoma teachers strike

  September 21, 2011 in Region OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Negotiators have reached a deal to end a teachers strike that forced the cancellation of more than a week of school in Tacoma.

• Ponderay Newsprint workers on strike

  March 1, 2011 in City Union workers at the Ponderay Newsprint plant walked out of the plant at 6 a.m. today, halting production at the mill near Usk in Pend Oreille County. 31

• Proposed contract gives raises to union workers at hospitals

  August 13, 2010 in City on Page A9 Unionized health care workers will continue voting today on a new contract that would award pay raises of at least 3 percent at Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital and … 1

• Tentative contract stops hospital strike

  August 12, 2010 in City on Page A5 Unionized health care workers at Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital and Medical Center will vote on a new labor contract today and Friday. Details of the tentative agreement that … 1

• Hospitals, workers reach tentative agreement

  August 11, 2010 in City Unionized health care workers at Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital and Medical Center will vote on a new labor contract Thursday and Friday. Details of the tentative agreement that … 48

• One-day strike expected at Deaconess and Valley

  August 11, 2010 in City on Page A5 Union employees are set to strike Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital and Medical Center today in a one-day action as contract negotiations lag. Negotiations were still in progress with … 1

• Workers at Deaconess, Valley hospitals vote to strike

  July 27, 2010 in City Union workers at Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital and Medical Center have voted to authorize a one-day strike against the facilities because of alleged unfair labor practices. 19

• Part-Time Work A National Trend Corporations Benefiting From Cutting Benefits

  August 6, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 For five years, Delroy Lewin has worked part time for United Parcel Service in Lauderhill, Fla., and every year he asks for a full-time job. Lewin, 33, is paid less …

• Strike Kindles Tensions Ups Deliveries Plunge On Second Day Of Conflict

  August 6, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 Somerville, Mass., police struggle to hold back striking UPS workers outside a UPS transfer station Tuesday morning. Photo by Associated Press

• Ups Dispute Unites Full-Time, Part-Time Employees

  August 6, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 They’re in the same boat for different reasons. Anchored together by the Teamsters Union, the full-time and part-time United Parcel Service employees are striking for themselves and each other. The …

• Wages Of Prosperity

  August 6, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Striking workers at the UPS center in the Spokane Valley get motorists’ attention. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

• Deputies Resume Picketing

  August 29, 1995 in Idaho on Page B3 Kootenai County Sheriff’s deputies picketed the courthouse Monday during the second day of protest against what they say are low wages. By late Monday afternoon, county commissioners hadn’t budged on …

• Bottom Of The Ninth?

  March 3, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Baseball’s labor negotiations reached another crisis point as representatives of the team owners said talks with the striking major league players were on the verge of breaking down yet again. …

• Striking Tire Workers In Iowa Burn Japanese Flag In Protest

  January 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 About 400 striking tire workers marched on the Statehouse on Wednesday and burned a Japanese flag to protest the hiring of replacement workers. The marchers braved frigid temperatures and cheered …