Ferry workers on strike leading up to Southeast Fair

The largest ferry workers’ union in the state declared a strike on Wednesday, July 24, leading up the Southeast Alaska State Fair this weekend.

“We don’t want to strike. We want to support the communities. We want to go to work. We’re just workers. We want to do our time and go home,” vice president of the Inlandboatmen’s Union (IBU) Robb Arnold said. “But, well, we have some valid concerns.”

Arnold said the IBU initiated…