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Amazon’s immense multi-level warehouse called a fulfillment center in Kent covers more than 850,000 square feet. Much of the facility is highly automated. Tour of the Amazon fulfillment (distribution) center in Kent, WA., on Wed. June 13, 2018. 885,000 says the Puget Sound Business Journal) Note: no addresses on packages or video screens to be readable

Amazon to hire 7,000 WA workers to prepare for holiday season

Amazon will hire 250,000 new employees for its warehouses and fulfillment network this holiday season, including 7,000 in Washington.

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Jerry Lugo, a mechanical engineer and Joe Johnson, a manufacturing manager (r) check out a computer screen in front of a machine that is currently making door handles for airplanes at Autonomous Machining in Kirkland Wednesday, August 16, 2023. Mike Dunlop, founder of a successful manufacturing quality software company, founded Autonomous Machining. The autonomous robots at the company make small parts for airplanes. 224726

Fewer workers, higher pay, robots: aerospace suppliers push automation WATCH

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Health insurance rates are about to jump for thousands of WA residents

No guarantee of ‘soft landing’ for cooling WA economy

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Driverless trucks move shipping containers at an automated port in Tianjin, China, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. China’s exports fell 7.5% from a year ago in May, 2023, and imports were down 4.5%, adding to signs an economic recovery is slowing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Charissa Soriano, originally from the Philippines, is photographed on Aug. 8, 2023. Soriano worked at a tech company after graduating graduate school locally at the University of Washington. After spending years applying for the H1B visa she has not been picked for the lottery. —— Photographed at Pratt Park.
Education Lab

They earned advanced degrees. Now comes the hard part for these Seattle women

Motuma Debela leaves a Raise the Wage Tukwila door hanger on a home on 34th Place S on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. The group is working to rally a large turnout of voters in support of a measure to raise Tukwila’s minimum wage.
Local Politics

King County looks at $19 minimum wage in unincorporated areas

Several hundred people lined Mercer Street from the Seattle Center to South Lake Union in an effort to draw attention to Windmill Farms unwillingness to recognize farmworkers who want to unionize. At center in white is United Farmworkers President Teresa Romero. 224867
Northwest

Advocates ramp up support in Seattle for farmworker union recognition

Workplace

Chipotle settles sexual harassment lawsuit on Eastside for $400K

Three young female employees at Chipotle locations in Sammamish and Issaquah say they were verbally and physically sexually harassed by two older male workers.

Maritime Industry

Cruises ships docked awaiting passengers at Pier 91 Friday morning in Seattle, Washington on June 23, 2023.

With cruise season in full swing, Seattle reaps benefits

Real Estate

Springtime has brought in lush foliage, as downtown Seattle apartment buildings are seen to the left of Queen Anne Hill and the Space Needle, as traffic moves over the Aurora bridge, Thursday, May 4, 2023 in Seattle.

Seattle-area housing market slows. Here’s what’s happening near you

Technology

EU hits Intel with $400 million antitrust fine in long-running computer chip case

European Union antitrust enforcers have slapped Intel with a fresh $400 million fine in a long-running legal fight that the chipmaker appeared to have won last year.

Tech Reviews & Tips

In the streaming era, as video consumption shifts from movie theaters toward content shrunk down for televisions, tablets and smartphones, making dialogue crisp and clear has become the entertainment world’s toughest technology challenge. About 50 percent of Americans — and the majority of young people — watch videos with subtitles on most of the time, according to surveys, in large part because they are struggling to decipher what actors are saying. (Derek Abella/The New York Times)

Can’t hear the dialogue in your streaming show? You’re not alone.

Retail

FTC accuses 3 Amazon executives of helping deceive Prime users

The regulator said they helped orchestrate an alleged plan to make it difficult for customers to cancel subscriptions to the company's Prime membership service.

Agriculture

Jose Martinez, a union advocate speaks during an April rally a few days before he was fired in what he believes was a retaliatory move.

It’s nearly impossible for WA farmworkers to unionize. Here’s why that matters

Amazon

An Amazon package locker at the Amazon HQ2 campus during a Devices and Services event in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Amazon.com Inc. previewed a push into generative artificial intelligence with new features for its Alexa voice assistant during the event. 776037599

Amazon scraps planned merchant fee as antitrust suit looms

Boeing & Aerospace

Jason Winters and his family on a floatplane trip summer of 2021.

Wife of WA pilot killed in Whidbey Island floatplane crash files lawsuit

More on Boeing

The final version of the 737 MAX, the MAX 10, takes off from Renton Airport in Renton, WA on its first flight Friday, June 18, 2021.

Complete coverage of Boeing’s 737 MAX »

Microsoft

FILE – The Microsoft logo is pictured outside the headquarters in Paris, on Jan. 8, 2021. Microsoft said Thursday Aug. 31, 2023 its will stop combining its Teams messaging and videoconferencing app with its Office productivity software for European customers, in a move to head off a possible European Union antitrust penalty. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Microsoft’s revamped $69 billion deal for Activision is on the cusp of going through

Personal Finance

FILE — The Georgetown University campus in Washington, on June 13, 2023. During an adjustment period from Oct. 1 to Sept. 31, 2024, borrowers won’t be considered delinquent if they miss a payment on their federal student loan. (Shuran Huang/The New York Times) XNYT0511 XNYT0511

Student loan payments are due again. Here are 5 things to know.

Money Makeovers

George and Rozann Grunig at their deli Zylberschtein’s Delicatessen and Bakery. MONEY MAKEOVER 223510

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Economy

Auto strikes are expected to expand Friday with no deal in sight

The United Auto Workers and the Detroit's Big Three automakers spent Thursday in negotiations as union leaders warned that an ongoing strike could spread to new facilities as soon as midday Friday.

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Local Business

Jason Winters and his family on a floatplane trip summer of 2021.

Wife of WA pilot killed in Whidbey Island floatplane crash files lawsuit

Markets

Satya Nadella Photographer: Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg

Microsoft is rolling out generative AI in Windows and Office app

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United States and China launch economic and financial working groups with aim of easing tensions

The U.S. Treasury Department and China’s Ministry of Finance have launched a pair of economic working groups in an effort to ease tensions and deepen ties between the nations.

Careers

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