SEATTLE — Striking union members from across Washington gathered to picket outside Weyerhaeuser corporate headquarters in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood Tuesday morning.þþThe Washington-based company is one of the biggest timberland and wood manufacturing companies in the U.S.þþMembers of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) union have been on strike since Sept. 12. The union is calling for better wages to keep up with inflation, maintaining current vacation days, and better health care and retirement benefits.þþThe union said workers “overwhelmingly voted down” the company’s contract proposal on Sept. 2. Union members went on strike Sept. 12 after they said the company’s final offer had improvements but came “nowhere close to what our members wanted or deserve.ÿþþWeyerhaeuser lists four locations in Washington and Oregon on its website as major production hubs. The strike is having an impact at all four of those locations.
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