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  • 2025-09-23

    Port Of Seattle regular commission meeting agenda, September 23, 2025

    The Port of Seattle held a Regular Commission Meeting on September 23, 2025, covering routine business including approval of meeting minutes, claims totaling approximately $141 million, and personnel matters. A key action item was authorization for the Executive Director to renew a Bonneville Power Administration contract to supply electrical power to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport from 2028 through 2044, estimated at $150 million. The meeting also included a briefing on the 2026 preliminary budget rollup for Port-wide central services.
    TagsBudget, Labor, Port Of Seattle, Port Of Seattle Commission, Sea-Tac AirportFolderMeetings
  • 2025-08-12

    Port Of Seattle Commission regular meeting agenda, August 12, 2025

    This document is the agenda for the Port of Seattle Regular Commission Meeting held on August 12, 2025, covering routine administrative and operational business such as approval of meeting minutes, claims and obligations totaling over $143 million, and collective bargaining agreements. The meeting also included authorization requests for aviation planning services contracts at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and various capital projects. No specific noise policy items or Sea-Tac Airport noise mitigation measures appear on this particular agenda.
    TagsLabor, Port Of Seattle, Port Of Seattle Commission, Sea-Tac AirportFolderMeetings
  • 2025-07-08

    Port Of Seattle regular commission meeting agenda, July 8, 2025

    This document is the agenda for the Port of Seattle Regular Commission Meeting held on July 8, 2025, covering general port business including consent agenda items related to contracts, claims, and labor agreements. The meeting addressed topics such as cruise shore power extensions, facility improvements, and diversity in contracting policies, but contains no specific discussion of Sea-Tac Airport noise policy. It does not appear to be relevant to airport noise regulations or mitigation programs.
    TagsCruise Ships, Labor, Port Of Seattle, Port Of Seattle CommissionFolderMeetings
  • 2024-11-04

    Boeing Machinists approve new contract, ending strike

    By  Lauren Rosenblatt ,  Dominic Gates ,  Paige Cornwell  and  Alex Halverson Seattle Times staff reporters The Boeing strike is over after 53 days. Machinists union members voted Monday to approve the company’s most recent contract offer, enabling Boeing to restart work at assembly plants in Everett and Renton and at parts plants throughout the
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsBoeing, Labor, Seattle Times
  • 2024-10-11

    Boeing to cut 10% of workforce, stop most 767 production amid strike

    Boeing will lay off 10% of its workforce in the coming months and cut its commercial jet production amid a month-old strike that has left the company burning through cash as its factories sit idle. By Lauren Rosenblatt, Alex Halverson and Paige Cornwell Seattle Times staff reporters The company said Friday it would end production of its Everett-built 767
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsBoeing, Commercial Aviation, Labor, Seattle Times
  • Sea-Tac Airport Workers in High-Visibility Vests at Rental Car Center

    A group of approximately ten workers wearing orange and yellow high-visibility safety vests stand together in what appears to be an airport rental car center, with visible Avis and Budget car rental signage and a shuttle bus directional sign overhead. The diverse group includes both men and women, some wearing winter hats and one woman in a hijab with a visible ID badge.
    TagsActivism, Labor, Sea-Tac AirportFolderGround Operations
  • 2023-12-24

    Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Strike with Pay Us or Chaos Signs

    Alaska Airlines flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO, demonstrate with yellow picket signs reading 'Alaska Makes $$$$ We Can't Make Rent' and 'Pay Us or Chaos.' The protest reflects a labor dispute over wages between the union and Alaska Airlines management.
    CategoriesNews Stories TagsActivism, Airline Industry, Alaska Air, Labor, ProtestFolderAirlines
  • 2023-07-20

    Alaska airlines flight attendants picket in seatac 2023 07 20

    Alaska Airlines flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO, picket along a roadway holding yellow signs demanding boarding pay and fair compensation. Signs read 'Show Us You Care, Pay Us Our Share,' 'Pay Us or CHAOS,' and 'We Demand Boarding Pay Without Delay.' Image credited to Anthony Bolante / PSBJ.
    TagsActivism, Airline Industry, Alaska Air, Commercial Aviation, Labor, Puget Sound Business JournalFolderAirlines
  • 2022-04-01

    Alaska Airline Pilots on strike 04/01/2022

    Alaska Airlines pilots in uniform hold protest signs reading 'Alaska Airlines: Break the Stall – Contract Now' and 'Alaska Airlines: We Do Our Job, Now Do Yours – Contract Now' outside Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The demonstration reflects an ongoing labor dispute between Alaska Airlines pilots and management over contract negotiations.
    TagsAirline Pilots Association, Alaska Air, Labor, Protest, Sea-Tac AirportFolderLabor
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    For the past two years, more than 220 initiatives from 15 countries have declared September 13th as the International day for the ban of night flights at airports. In parallel, activists across Europe have been gathering for pyjama parties for night trains – coordinated in 2024 and 2025 by Back on Track and Stay Grounded.

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    Add to CalendarMTuesday Sep 15: 6:00pm
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    a) Part 150 Noise Study (Emily Inlow-Hood) — 15 minutes
    b) SAMP Update and Next Steps (Brian Davis and Sarah Moore) — 15 minutes
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Sea-Tac Airport is currently undergoing the largest and longest expansion in its history, collectively known as the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP). Some of it you can already hear, but you’re probably not aware of what it all means. Here’s what you need to know.
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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.
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