Providence slashes tech unit workers’ sick leave benefit Providence Health System, one of the country’s richest hospital chains, has eliminated sick leave for workers in its nine tech units at St. Peter Hospital. To protect this and other benefits, the technicians have unionized and are represented by UFCW 21. They…
Posts published in “Issue: March 2021”
This month’s theme is what’s been revealed by the pandemic. If you’ve ever been played in a shell game, you know things move very fast. You think you know where the hidden object will be when the shells stop moving, but you almost never do. Sometimes, there’s nothing under any of the shells...
West Bay Yards West Bay Yards Development Project was initially presented to Olympia’s Community Planning and Development staff (CP&D) in May. At a “presubmission conference” the architect provided 19 pages of detail, including a site plan, designs showing the location of all elements of the project, numerous renditions of the…
They should have had Olympia SWAT at the Capitol … More homeless in the making … Cancel culture comes in handy!
I’m torn between Merlot and Chardonnay—those houses in that new Lennar development behind the Auto Mall. I mean, they both have the Shaker-style wood cabinets with crown molding. All the bathrooms have the elongated comfort seat toilets. And a whole list of other luxury features. There is one difference—would it…
WIP has received a grant to print book reviews in 2021. How will it work? Each month we’ll publish a list of books (listed below). If you’d like to be considered to review one of them, contact us at olywip@gmail.com and put BOOK REVIEW in the subject line. We will…