Hundreds Walk Off Tesla Job in Labor Dispute
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YOUR COMMUNITY SPARKS NEWSPAPER SINCE 1910 Tribune community SPARKS Foster Grandparent Program helps students, seniors Page 3 TribuneYOURYOUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERNEWSPAPER SINCE SINCE 1910 1910 Volume 108, Number 9 Tuesday, March 1, 2016 95 cents SPoRtS coVER StoRy protest Hundreds walk off Tesla job in labor Reno no match dispute for Gorman in By Scott Sonner state semifinals Associated Press Page 8 Hundreds of union con- struction workers on Mon- day walked off the job at Tesla Motors’ battery manufacturing plant east of Sparks to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of- state workers for less pay. Approximately 350 plumbers, carpenters, elec- tricians, painters and others walked away from the con- struction site Monday along U.S. Interstate 80, said Rus- Wolf Pack secures sell James, District 16 busi- first round bye in ness development specialist for the Building and Con- MWC tourney struction Trades Council of Page 12 Northern Nevada. More than 100 pick- eted outside the main gate against what they say is an inSiDE unfair labor practice that undermines promises to Weather..............................2 hire mostly Nevada workers State Briefs........................ 2 in exchange for more than Pages of the Past...............4 John Byrne/Tribune $1 billion in state tax breaks, Opinion...........................14 Erin Smith, left, and her father, Greg, listen as state Sen. Debbie Smith is remembered at James said. Calendar of Events.........17 a memorial service in the Sparks High School gym. “It’s corporate welfare at Puzzles.............................18 its worst,” he told The Asso- Advice..............................19 ciated Press. Health..............................20 Union officials said work Classified Ads..................21 ‘Selfless’ state Sen. Debbie Smith at Tesla’s gigafactory is in- Legals...............................22 creasingly being done by remembered at memorial service crews for the non-union, Follow us on New Mexico-based Brycon Twitter: Sparks Tribune well-respected legislator as selfless, kind and Corp. @SparksTribune compassionate. “Nevada’s tax dollars The life of state Sen. Debbie Smith of Family, friends, legislative colleagues, for- should be used to provide Sparks was celebrated at a packed gym at mer public officials, lobbyists and acquain- jobs for Nevada construc- Sparks High School where more than one tances gathered at the gym on Sunday after- tion workers, not New speaker described the former PTA leader who rose to become an accomplished and > See MEMORIAL, Page 6 > See TESLA, Page 5 Visit our website at www.sparkstrib.com 2 March 1, 2016 youR SEVEn-Day foREcaSt toDay WEDnESDAY tHuRSDAY fRiDAY SATURDAY SunDAY monDAY 64/34 66/41 61/33 59/38 58/43 53/33 54/31 Times of clouds Partly sunny Rather cloudy Mostly cloudy Cloudy Rain and snow Periods of rain and sun with a shower news fRom aRounD tHE battlE boRn StatE Associated Press and cattle guards on Highway 50 be- baccarat and a comparatively busy to be filed, Deputy Nevada Attorney tween Carson City and Silver Springs January a year ago contributed to a General Thom Gover said. to help keep animals off the road. 2.9 percent decrease in Nevada ca- James is no longer employed by the CarjaCking in SparkS leadS sino winnings last month, according department, Keast said. He had been to fatal Shooting Sandoval not intereSted in to regulatory data made public last a correctional officer for three years. SILVER SPRINGS — A shooting Supreme Court Seat week. Investigators recovered two cellp- killed one person and injured two LAS VEGAS — Nevada Gov. Brian Overall, the house won just over hones inside and 16 cellphones out- others, including a deputy, authori- Sandoval said he is not interested in $925 million last month, down from side the prison in Indian Springs, a ties said. being considered for the Supreme almost $953 million in the first month Nevada Department of Corrections Sparks Police said four men car- Court vacancy — a decision that foils of 2015, according to the Nevada statement said. jacked a vehicle in Sparks and were one route President Barack Obama Gaming Control Board. later spotted at a casino in Silver might have had to breach Senate Re- “We were facing (a) pretty difficult man aCCuSed of Shooting Springs last Thursday night. publicans’ planned blockade of any comparison,” said Michael Lawton, former Co-Worker Lyon County Sheriff Al McNeil said election-year confirmation. senior research analyst for the regu- RENO — A former cook is sus- a deputy approached the car at the Sandoval, a Republican and the latory board. “Volumes were down pected of shooting and killing a casino and someone inside opened state’s first Hispanic governor, issued because of a stronger event calendar one-time co-worker as the two had a fire, hitting the deputy in the hand. a statement last Thursday, a day after last January than this January.” snack at a sleepy casino in downtown McNeil said the officer shot back. news broke that the White House was Lawton noted that Las Vegas Reno, authorities said Monday. The shoot-out killed one suspect and considering him as a potential replace- hosted two UFC events and a boxing Suspect Kiley Grayson, 38, stayed injured another. ment for the late Justice Antonin Scalia. championship in the first month of at the scene and was arrested on sus- The deputy was hospitalized with “Earlier today, I notified the White 2015, and benefited from pre-game picion of murder, police said. It’s un- non-life-threatening injuries and the House that I do not wish to be con- betting ahead of the Super Bowl foot- clear if he has an attorney. suspect was flown to a regional hos- sidered at this time for possible nom- ball championship, held Feb. 1. The shooting occurred at Siri’s Ca- pital, authorities said. McNeil said ination to the Supreme Court of the This year, the city hosted one UFC sino just before midnight Sunday. the two other suspects were detained. United States,” wrote Sandoval, an event and the Super Bowl was Feb. 7. The identity of the man who died at a Carson City Sheriff’s Office will abortion rights supporter and former Downtown Las Vegas and the Lake hospital hasn’t been released. lead the death investigation. federal judge. “The notion of being Tahoe area had a good month in Jan- Casino owner Jeff Siri said the two considered for a seat on the highest uary compared with the Las Vegas men had been cooks at a nearby sis- Wild horSeS StruCk by CarS court in the land is beyond humbling, Strip, which reported a 7.7 percent ter property, although neither was on on highWay and I am incredibly grateful to have drop in casino gambling revenue. the job during the confrontation. DAYTON — Two separate crashes been mentioned.” Grayson is a former employee who have killed wild horses on Highway He offered no reason for his deci- priSon guard SuSpeCted of stopped coming to work a few days 50 near Dayton. sion but said he also expressed his Smuggling ago, he said. The Nevada Department of Ag- position to senators Harry Reid, LAS VEGAS — A former guard is Siri said he was told by witnesses riculture said one horse was killed Dean Heller and Mitch McConnell. among six people accused of smug- that the men were eating at a snack bar immediately and the other had to The Senate’s vetting process for any gling cellphones and drugs into a toward the back of the casino with at be euthanized because of its severe nominee is expected to be viciously prison in southern Nevada, state of- least one other person, who was walk- injuries. Both crashes occurred last political, if hearings take place at all. ficials said. ing away as the shooting happened. Thursday. Regardless of which nominee Obama Michael James, 41, was arrested Jan. “The employee that got shot pushed One of the motorists sustained mi- settles on, “this nomination will be 19 on charges of suspicion of bribery, (the shooter) with his cane, and that’s nor injuries when the vehicle struck determined by whoever wins the misconduct of a public officer and when he pulled the gun out, within the horse. presidency in the fall,” said Senate knowing about or supplying a phone seconds. It was really fast,” Siri said. Officials said wild horses in the Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, to a prisoner. The charges stem from Police spokesman Officer Timothy area are crossing roadways looking R-Ky. an ongoing investigation at Southern Broadway said he could not immedi- for food and water sources. Drivers Recommending a popular, moder- Desert Correctional Center in In- ately confirm the account provided are reminded to remain aware and ate Republican would test the unified dian Springs, prisons spokeswoman by Siri. alert and to follow posted speed lim- GOP caucus’s resistance. Brooke Keast said. Siri said the small casino has 96 slot its and other traffic laws. James was booked at the Clark machines and no table games. There The Department of Agriculture is StateWide CaSino Win dropS County jail in Las Vegas and freed on were about 10 customers and two em- working with the Nevada Department LAS VEGAS — A drop in the num- $11,000 bail pending a March 22 court ployees working at the time. No one of Transportation to install fencing ber of people playing the table game date at which charges are expected else was hurt, he said. 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