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Seattle startup behind Amazon gift guides on your feed just raised $20 million

Seattle startup Levanta, which connects Amazon sellers with influencers on social media, just secured $20 million in funding to grow its platform.
Monica Nickelsburg
Business

Boeing is laying off nearly 2,200 Washington employees before Christmas

As the holiday season arrives, and people begin wrapping presents in red, green, and gold paper, Boeing is sending pink slips to some of its employees, including 2,199 in Washington state.
Dyer Oxley
Business

As strike ends, layoffs begin at Boeing

Boeing began notifying employees of layoffs Wednesday as it seeks to reduce its roughly 170,000-strong workforce by 10%.
Monica Nickelsburg
Business

Could be a decade before Boeing is back to normal, analyst says

After a few PR emergencies, federal scrutiny, legal proceedings, a machinists strike, and other business woes, it will likely be 10 years before Boeing can be back to business as normal.
Natalie Akane Newcomb

Dyer Oxley

KUOW Staff
Business

Machinists approve latest Boeing contract offer, ending strike
Casey Martin
Business

Machinists union endorses latest Boeing offer with higher pay but no pension

Union leaders from IAM District 751 urged over 33,000 striking Boeing machinists to accept the latest contract deal from Boeing on Thursday afternoon. This latest offer includes a higher wage increase and ratification bonus - but no reinstated pension benefit retirement plan.
Casey Martin
Food

Questions of competition highlight legal battle over proposed Kroger Albertsons merger

The trial in the merger of Kroger and Albertsons has wrapped up after three weeks of hearings in King County Superior Court.
Ruby de Luna
Business

What will it take for Boeing and the machinists union to overcome their 'waiting game'?

Boeing’s most recent contract offer for striking machinists came closest to the union’s demand for higher wages, yet 64% of the union voted to reject that offer on Wednesday.
Natalie Akane Newcomb

KUOW Staff
Business

Boeing offers machinists new contract sparking tentative agreement to end strike

Boeing and the union representing striking machinists have negotiated a new contract proposal that would provide bigger pay raises and bonuses in a bid to end a costly walkout that has crippled production of airplanes for more than a month.
Associated Press
Food

When Seattle’s tip credit expires in 2025, will tips end as well?

Seattle restaurants are sounding the alarm about the economic cliff they’re facing. For years, businesses have been able to apply customer tips toward worker pay. But the tip credit will expire at the end of the year, just as Seattle’s hourly minimum wage for all businesses increases to more than $20 in January. Businesses expect big changes ahead that they say will affect customer experience. Could it be the end of tipping?
Ruby de Luna

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