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No matter where you live or what your job is, everyone should be able support themselves, afford the basics, and contribute to the economy.
A $15 minimum wage is a modest place to start. It's good for workers, good for our communities, and good for the whole economy.
Read MoreAdd your name and show your support for $15 for Olympia.
Read More"We're here to discuss issues with scheduling and availability in regards to promises made publicly last August. We'd like to discuss our time, both the time we share with Starbucks and the time we feel every worker deserves to function happily and healthfully.… This is our second attempt to contact Howard Schultz."
Read MoreStarbucks has been an industry leader on workplace issues from healthcare to education to wages. But scheduling remains an issue for baristas across the country, and more can be done to make Starbucks a better place to work and respect the basic principle that our time counts.
Read MoreIt’s unanimous: Uber & Lyft drivers win Seattle City Council committee vote to close $51 billion loophole in right to organize
Read More"We are here because we are partners in this company. We’re here to ask to be spoken to like a partner. We get a lot of conversations about how available we can be. But I think it’s time for Howard Schultz, for Starbucks, for every large corporation, to be available to us, even if it’s just to listen."
Read More"We hear a lot of talk about how available we can be. It's time for Howard Schultz to be available to us, even if it's just to listen." Instead of memos asking managers to “go the extra mile”, workers are asking to meet with Howard Schultz and develop policies that ensure we all have weeks that work.
Read MoreStarbucks baristas should have schedules that are as consistent as their coffee. That's why baristas are calling on the company to step up and fulfill its promise to ensure every Starbucks worker has a stable, predictable schedule which respects that our time counts, too.
Read MoreHundreds have already added their names to the passenger/driver Bill of Rights, which spells out basic principles that everyone in the Uber economy should be able to expect — like safe transportation, living wages, open communication, privacy, nondiscrimination, and a voice in the rules. We're asking every Seattle City Councilmember & candidates to add their name too.
Read MoreA question for Alaska Air Group CEO Brad Tilden: "What is your plan to ensure all your subcontractors follow the law, including the inflation-adjusted $15 minimum wage, paid sick and safe time, and other labor standards, retroactive to the law’s effective date of January 1, 2014?"
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