Seattle news

• Seattle Hotel Workers Are on the Verge of Striking Ahead of the World Cup 

  06-06-2026 01:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Call it labor unrest summer? Unionized journalists across the Northwest at McClatchy Media went on a one-day strike over AI policy, union employees at acclaimed restaurant the Walrus and the Carpenter are willing to strike, and today unionized hotel workers at the Hilton’s Embassy Suites in Pioneer Square are voting to authorize a strike. The union is collecting votes until 6 p.m. this evening.The contract between management and the 113 unionized Embassy Suites employees expired on May 31
  
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• Property Owners Around Denny Blaine Took the Stand This Week

  06-06-2026 00:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The first week of the Denny Blaine Park trial has concluded, and it was spent on neighbors and their lawyers making the case that the nude beach is an out-of-control public nuisance.The trial is existential for a legendary, decades-old queer hangout. If neighbors get their way, the city could be forced to ban nudity at the beach or even close it.Understanding what is going on here requires a preamble: The trial is really the culmination of a years-long battle over a 200-foot-wide, three-level w
  
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• I Saw U: Avoiding COVID at the Movies, Dropping Apples at Trader Joe’s, and Running for the Light Rail in Lynnwood

  06-06-2026 00:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Covid cautious cutie at the movies
  We both saw a movie solo at southcenter wearing masks. You held the door for me & I should have said hi. Let’s sit together next time?Spilling apples at trader joes
  You:looking cute whilst spilling apples 
  Me:pink haired guy trying to find an excuse to talk to you (I didn’t)
  Lets go on a date 
  Apple picking maybe?Can’t Hardly Wait
  To say thank you to you for the DVD you unexpectedly gave me on the light rail at 9:30 AM. Watched
  
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