Bright spots in a layoff: Peer Outreach workers

Bright spots in a layoff: Peer Outreach workers

by CHELSEA MASON-PLACEK (July 17, 2025) — The Lamb Weston closure in Connell, Washington late last year was a shocking blow to the nearly 380 union workers, members of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 280, who kept the potato processing facility running. It was a loss that rippled through the local economy […] The post Bright spots in a layoff: Peer Outreach workers appeared first on The STAND.