”I want to talk about the importance of the peasant worker, workers who deserve Yakima's protection. The economy would be affected if there were no workers in the fields. It will suffer without the field workers."
Read MoreSenator Murray is undecided?
It's hard to believe, but Washington Senator Patty Murray recently said she was undecided on the nomination of anti-minimum wage fast food CEO Andy Puzder to be the next Secretary of Labor. Help the Senator make up her mind: Click here to let Sen. Murray know what made *you* decide Puzder was the wrong person for the job. >>
Read MoreWatch workers from across the state speak out to defend our minimum wage
On February 2nd, the State Senate committee on Commerce, Labor, and Sports heard 3 bills which would roll back our state's minimum wage. Hear what workers had to say about that — and then send a message of support.
Read MoreState Senate to mark Groundhog Day by continuing endless loop of attacks on minimum wage
Is Bill Murray working in the Office of the Code Reviser? Because the State Senate Labor, Commerce and Sports committee is marking Groundhog Day today by continuing a more than decade-long loop of unending attempts to carve out exemptions in our state’s highly popular minimum wage law.
Read MoreDetails on the February 2nd hearing on proposals to roll back the minimum wage
We will be meeting at 1:00pm at the Sundial behind the Capitol bulding so we can head in together as a show of strength. Look out for someone in a green Working Washington T-shirt holding a green Working Washington sign!
Read MoreFrom Yakima Valley to the State Capitol for paid family leave
Margarita Roman's husband suffers from cancer and she needs to take time off from her work in the fields to care for him. But that's not easy on a farmworker's wages
Read MoreNo.
With pen & paper, Donald Trump today declared war on immigrant workers, their families, their co-workers, and their communities.
In other words: on all of us
Read More"And unable to afford childcare when they do return to work."
I worry that when people welcome a child into their family, they are unable to get the time needed to establish care and a bond with their child without a huge loss of earning and/or even being able to afford to take the time needed to recover from childbirth and/or establish a bond if adopted, and unable to afford childcare when they do return to work.
Read More"I was the primary caregiver for my partner of 25 years who was battling ALS"
The ill are society's responsibility. Either we provide family members with the tools to care for one another or make government responsible for that care.
Read More"Last October, my mom's doctor called me to say that Mom had reached end-stage pulmonary disease"
Mom lived in a different city than my home. I am very fortunate that my employer provides paid leave time, as it allowed me to spend the last week of my mom's life with her and with her sister, my aunt.
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