The incident affects some residents who were vaccinated at the Fort Stanton Recreation Center earlier this month.

Giant Food has offered its store employees a 10% bump in weekly pay. That’s now ending.

“The people that I hear from — they’re willing to strike,” said Natalie Bolling, a longtime Safeway employee and a shop steward with Local 400. 

As negotiations hit a wall, the union could vote on March 5 to authorize a strike if the two sides can not come to an agreement.

The grocery store chains are at odds with the union over wages, health care benefits and worker pensions.

After an opposition campaign involving yard signs, coordinated t-shirts, and heated community meetings, the Soviet Safeway is getting alcohol after all.

About 100 people came out to a community meeting last night, some wearing matching shirts that declared “Food Not Booze at Safeway.”

“When Mrs. Pence asks me to pick up ice cream, I pick up ice cream.”

A disaster zone, basically.

Good morning, Washington. It’s going to be a mild, albeit cloudy end to the holiday weekend. Enjoy the gentle weather while it lasts — Tuesday will usher in rain and once it departs temperatures will drop a good 10 degrees, reminding us that winter is just a few short weeks away.