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Portland Business News

Leader Board: 21 new Portland-area executives you should know
Author: Suzanne Stevens
These executives are new to their positions at Intel, A-dec, Stoel Rives, Exterro and other Oregon industry leaders.

NYT Politics

The Last Coal-Fired Power Plants in New England Are to Close
Author: Minho Kim
The company that owns the Merrimack and Schiller stations in New Hampshire plans to turn them into solar farms and battery storage for offshore wind.
Biden Will Campaign Alongside Bill Clinton and Barack Obama
Author: Chris Cameron
The star-studded event in New York City is aimed at building on the already significant financial advantage President Biden has over former President Donald J. Trump.

The Stand (Washington Labor News)

Strike set for April 7 at Spokane’s MultiCare hospitals
Author: David Groves

Unless a fair contract is reach by then, more than 1,400 SEIU Healthcare 1199NW members will strike MultiCare Deaconess and Valley Hospitals   SPOKANE (March 28, 2024) — More than 1,400 nurses, service, tech, and healthcare workers at MultiCare Deaconess and Valley Hospitals in Spokane have given notice for an unfair labor practice strike in […]

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Nurses at PeaceHealth SW plan to picket on April 18
Author: David Groves

Severe understaffing does not allow nurses to meet community’s needs   The following is from the WSNA: VANCOUVER (March 28, 2024) — Nurses at PeaceHealth Southwest, a 450-bed hospital in Vancouver, Wash., announced they will picket outside the hospital April 18. The 1,465 nurses represented by the Washington State Nurses Association, are in negotiations for […]

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The Chronicle - Centralia

The Chronicle - March 28, 2024

Seattle Times Politics

Why WA’s farmworkers are disappearing
Author: Alison Saldanha

Fewer U.S. workers seem to be moving across state and county lines to “follow the season” for work in Washington. Meanwhile, more guest workers are being hired.
Instacart settles over alleged labor violations for nearly $750K
Author: David Kroman

A second company that relies on gig workers has settled with the Seattle Office of Labor Standards over allegations it violated a pandemic-era Seattle ordinance.

DemocracyNow!

As Gaza Faces Famine, Israel Cuts Ties with UNRWA and U.S. Halts Funding for Critical Aid Agency
Author: webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)

Despite a U.N.-backed report sounding the alarm on imminent famine in northern Gaza, Israeli authorities announced Sunday they will no longer approve the passage of any UNRWA food convoys into northern Gaza. “Our ability to adequately continue saving lives is really being obstructed,” says UNRWA spokesperson Tamara Alrifai. “What’s going to happen to UNRWA if we can no longer truly operate?” The decision came as President Biden signed a $1.2 trillion appropriations bill that strips funding to UNRWA for the next year. The U.S. first suspended aid to UNRWA in late January, when the Israeli government claimed 12 of the agency’s 30,000 employees were involved in Hamas’s attacks on October 7. The unsubstantiated allegation prompted top donors to cut funding to UNRWA, though many of them have resumed funding as the agency welcomes new donor countries and an unprecedented number of civil society donations. Seeing the U.S., the agency’s largest donor, “withhold funding … is a huge blow to us,” says Alrifai. “Stripping UNRWA of funding not only shrinks its ability to respond to the looming famine in Gaza, but also puts at risk the schools, the access of kids to proper education, the vaccines, the mother and child care — everything across the region.”

Washington State News

Kiki Iriafen, Stanford aim to subdue NC State in Portland
(Photo credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports) The top four seeds in the women's NCAA Tournament all have advanced with a pair of home victories in the Portland 4 Region. Expect fourth-seeded Gonzaga and second-seeded Stanford to have plenty of support from West Coast fans when the Sweet 16 gets underway Friday night in Oregon's largest city.Stanford (30-5) is scheduled to face No. 3 seed North Carolina State (29-6

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