Kaiser Negotiators Won’T Be Taking Spring Break

While area schoolchildren and teachers savor spring break, it’s back to work this week for negotiators representing Kaiser Aluminum and the United Steelworkers. The two sides in the 6-month-old labor dispute are scheduled to meet in Denver today for the first negotiations since January.

The outcome of the talks will affect about 3,000 hourly workers at Kaiser’s Mead and Trentwood plants and plants in Tacoma, Newark, Ohio, and Gramercy, La.

In other events this week:

Tuesday

The Spokesman-Review, Spokane.net and Dakotah Direct II LLC present Career Fair ‘99 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Spokane Convention Center. Free admission; for information, call (800) 338-8801, ext. 5127, or 459-5095.

* Washington State University sponsors a conference on “Western Power Delivery Automation” through Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel City Center. Cost: $345; for information or to register, call (800) 942-4978.

* WSU Cooperative Extension and the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources present a workshop on “Millet (cereal grass) Production” from 7:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Spokane County Cooperative Extension office, 222 N. Havana. For information, call Ed Adams at (509) 358-7960.

Wednesday

Consumer Credit Counseling Service of the Inland Northwest presents the first of a four-part money management course from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Community College Center, 985 S. Elm, in Colville. Cost: $20; for information or to register, call (509) 327-3777 or (800) 892-6854.

* The Service Corps of Retired Executives presents a workshop on the “ABC’s of Starting a Business” from 9 a.m. to noon at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. Cost: $20; for information or to register, call 353-2820.

Thursday

“Y2K - Your Business and Your Bank” is the topic for a meeting of the Inland Northwest Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Spokane Club, 1002 W. Riverside. Cost: $18; for reservations, call Susan Thomas at (208) 773-3906.

* Big C RV Show begins a four-day run at the Spokane Interstate Fairgrounds. For information, call 238-4951 or 477-1766.

Friday

U.S. Labor Department releases producer price index for March.

Saturday

The Internal Revenue Service office in the U.S. Courthouse at 920 W. Riverside will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to answer questions and accept completed federal tax returns.

* Lilac City Amateur Radio Club and the local chapter of the American Radio Relay League sponsor Eastern Washington Ham Fest and Electronics Show at the SCC Lair. Call 534-8443.