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The slide supply guy Jimmy Jira ‘needed’ to deliver goods to those searching for victims
Vote on pact stands for now The National Labor Relations Board rejects Machinists’ complaints about the Boeing contract vote. A local union president plans to appeal. By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer
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ARLINGTON — Jimmy Jira knew where to go. He knew how to get the right stuff to the right people. And his bosses were behind
him, all the way. Jira, 48, of Arlington, spent the first two weeks after the Oso mudslide delivering supplies to the local loggers who were digging for victims. He coordinated donations and drove Highway 20 to Darrington, day after day,
bringing oil, fuel, gloves, chainsaws, socks, boots, beef jerky — whatever was needed. The supplies were used to stock a makeshift “shop” set up for workers near Steve Skaglund’s house, just east of the slide. When Don and Elaine
Young’s basement flooded nearby, Jira showed up with a dehumidifier. That was just one example, they said. See SUPPLY, back page, this section
‘No consensus emerging’ on restrictions The County Council puts off a vote on a temporary building ban in areas prone to slides until at least June 25. Herald Writer
EVERETT — Snohomish County policymakers have
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Council again put off voting on a temporary building ban until at least June 25, when members scheduled a public hearing. The hearing will give people a chance to comment before the council takes action. Even then, odds are against a moratorium along the lines of
Minimum assuage A draw bridge was the other option: The Seattle City Council has passed a $15-an-hour minimum wage to be phased in over several years (Page A4). In response, Mercer Island passed a $100 entrance fee to keep out that newmoney riffraff. Dear Abby. . . . B5 Good Life . . . . B1
what County Council Chairman Dave Somers first suggested in April. To pass, the emergency legislation would need support from four of five council members — and it isn’t there.
If you build it, they won’t come: Officials in Oregon’s Multnomah County are looking to get rid of a 525-inmate, $58 million jail that was built a decade ago but never used as assumptions about crime rates proved wrong. Mothballing the jail is costing the county $300,000 a year (Page A4). Yes, it’s going to need
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more work than throwing up a Holiday Inn sign out front, but all you have to do is advertise free HBO and offer a waffle breakfast bar. Not in socks and sandals, you’re not: Apple has tweaked software for its Macs, iPads and iPhones. Now, your iPhone will try to predict the message you’re Sports . . . . . . . C1 Stocks . . . . . . .A8
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tapping out. Start typing, “Do you want to go to,” and it will offer suggestions such as “dinner” or “movie” as the next word (Page A7). Taking it even further, ask Siri for directions and she’ll analyze your attire and refuse if you’re not dressed well enough for your destination.
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In the weeks following the Oso mudslide, Jimmy Jira (left), of Arlington, delivered donated supplies to searchers in Oso and Darrington. Jira, 48, also has been housing Coby Young, 20 (right), whose living quarters in his parents’ basement just east of Oso was flooded by the river when the slide blocked it.
EVERETT — The National Labor Relations Board has dismissed complaints filed by Machinists who had hoped to overturn the union’s approval of a contract offer by the Boeing Co. earlier this year. Local leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) had opposed the offer, but the union’s headquarters backed the proposal and forced a Jan. 3 vote. About 40 IAM members filed complaints with the NLRB, alleging that the headquarters in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, scheduled the vote to undercut opposition to the contract. Many senior members, who were thought more likely to vote no, were on holiday vacation that day. The offer cut negotiated benefits, including moving workers’ retirement benefits from a traditional defined pension plan to a defined contribution plan. In return for approving the contract, Boeing promised to place final assembly and wing fabrication for the new 777X airliner in metro Puget Sound. Members of IAM District Lodge 751, which represents about 31,000 Boeing employees, narrowly approved the contract. But a vote was never actually even necessary. The IAM constitution actually gives the headquarters authority to accept a contract without a vote, according to a letter sent by the NLRB to Robley Evans, who filed one of the complaints. He is president of Local F of District Lodge 751 and a forklift operator at Boeing’s Auburn plant.
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