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WSDOT warns of major highway closures across Puget Sound this weekend (komonews.com)
submitted 5 days ago by to c/seattle@lemmy.world
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The closures will run from Friday, Aug. 21, through Monday, Aug. 24.

WSDOT says travelers should expect congestion and delays on Interstate 405, Interstate 5, State Route 520 and State Route 99, with major closures in Bellevue, Seattle and Renton.

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[–] 4 points 5 days ago (1 child)

@velma @seattle Guess I'm glad I have to go into school this weekend & work on getting my classroom ready to go before we end up on strike & are locked out of the building.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    Seattle teachers are planning on striking?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    As far as I can tell, none of them want to strike. However, contract is up and negotiations aren't going well. Last I saw the district hasn't even offered a tentative agreement, so the teachers don't even have anything to vote on. There are only 3 bargaining meetings left on the schedule and voting is supposed to happen next week. The new superintendent is on the bargaining team (possibly in charge) and has admitted that he hasn't even read the existing contract.

    Disclaimer: not a teacher, just in the loop.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago

    @Tujio @velma Truth! Neither Seattle teachers nor the teachers in my district have any desire to strike, but all we're getting from district admin is takebacks & micro-managing of time. We'd all much prefer to start school with a contract that isn't insulting (which is all district admin has brought forth in both districts), but trainings started this week, meetings next week, then school starts that following week & none of us have seen anything offered, so 🤷‍♀️.

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