Working Washington and Fair Work Center seek a full-time Political Director to lead our political and public affairs work. This position will report to the Executive Director, and will serve as a member of our leadership team. This individual will develop and execute strategies to advance the policy and political goals of the organization, including helping to develop a strategy to build independent political power for workers. We are looking for a strategic, ambitious, and organized professional who is excited to create change for working people across the state.
Read MoreCall on City leaders to Jumpstart Seattle
While the federal government stalls on crisis relief, Seattle has a chance to move in a different direction: we can meet the scale of this crisis and actually provide relief to people who need it.
That’s why we’re supporting the Jumpstart Seattle recovery plan. This proposal would require Seattle’s biggest corporations to pay a modest tax on the salaries of their highest-earning employees, money that will go directly to support struggling workers and families. Join us in support and tell Seattle City Council and the Mayor to Jumpstart Seattle!
Read MoreRegarding Instacart's lawsuit attempting to block Seattle delivery workers from receiving hazard pay for their work during a global pandemic
“The coronavirus pandemic has made Instacart's CEO a billionaire and goosed the company's value up to $15 billion. Meanwhile, the people taking on the risk of essential work during a global pandemic are getting paid less than minimum wage after expenses. That's why hazard pay is popular, necessary, appropriate, perfectly legal, and bound to expand from Seattle across the country."
Read Moretaking ESD to court over unemployment benefits
A lawsuit has been filed to get ESD to stop with all the delays and start to pay unemployment benefits promptly — and your experiences can help make the case for action. We're going to compile your answers in a legal brief we'll share with the courts to show why they need to step in and compel ESD to move more quickly.
Read MoreESD's Imposter Syndrome
How Washington state’s response to unemployment fraud is victimizing workers with delays, threats, & intense financial strain
Read Morein solidarity with the movement for Black lives
Our organization stands in solidarity with the movement for Black lives and the powerful protests in Seattle, across Washington, and all across this country. We join the call for dignity and justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, Sean Reed, James Scurlock, David McAtee, Charleena Lyles, and the thousands of other Black lives taken by police officers and white supremacist violence.
Read MoreSupport striking Yakima workers
“I went on strike because they have made me feel discriminated against. They don’t respect me, so I had to make a decision. My coworkers, they also have their motivations, and I also see those injustices. They don’t get respect either, and that’s why we left. Because they don’t take into consideration my being a person.”
Read MoreCall on state leaders to create a relief fund for undocumented workers
“With this pandemic, individuals get $1200, couples get $2400, everybody gets unemployment, but what about immigrants?...We’re not ghosts, we are human beings.“
—Norma, King County
“If we don’t get any unemployment benefits from the state, we’re going to be in deep trouble.”
—Juan, Seattle
We need $100M in emergency pandemic relief for undocumented workers. Washington State is home to more than 250,000 undocumented immigrant workers, but federal rules exclude them from unemployment and stimulus programs. They’re facing this crisis without a safety net.
Read More$400 of food. $10 in pay. No tip.
An Uber Eats driver in Seattle shared these screenshots showing a massive food delivery order — a nearly $400 "King's Experience"... for which he got paid just $10.
Read More“The unemployment system is in crisis. We urge you to prioritize getting money into workers’ hands as quickly as possible.
We are calling on Governor Inslee and Employment Security Department Commissioner LeVine to address the crisis in our unemployment system by taking three bold steps to create a more accessible system which quickly qualifies workers for benefits and immediately begins providing support:
Confirm baseline eligibility within 7 days.
Immediately pay the minimum benefit as soon as baseline eligibility is determined.
Make the system work equitably for everyone.