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Today, the Washington Supreme Court announced a ruling granting the right to fair pay and safe workplaces to tens of thousands of the mostly-immigrant care workers who protect and care for our elderly and disabled loved ones.
Workers, lawmakers, and coalition partners shared how the Bill of Rights will improve conditions for over 100,000 house cleaners, gardeners, nannies, and home care workers across Washington:
Seattle workers just made history. Thanks to nonstop worker organizing and the movement we’ve built together that ensures we don’t just win new laws but can actually enforce them, UberEats will be paying back $15 MILLION to over 16,000 delivery drivers. This is a major victory. When we fought together to win higher pay and […]
In a major victory for low-wage workers, the Washington state Senate passed the statewide Domestic Workers Bill of Rights (SB 5023), taking Washington a significant step closer to ending the exclusions that shut domestic workers out of the right to minimum wage, sick time, breaks, and other basic labor standards.
Seattle’s historic minimum wage law is set to finally take full effect on January 1, 2025. Ten years after the law passed, the city’s minimum wage will reach $20.76, without any special subminimum wage rate for tipped workers. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell also released his statement today, saying, “Seattle has one of the highest minimum wages in the country – this is a good thing for workers, a good thing for our overall economy, and something we should take pride in.” Workers are reacting to the city’s long-awaited minimum wage increase.
For Immediate Release: May 28, 2024 Contact: Hannah Sabio-Howell | hannah@workingwa.org The worst pay standard proposal in the country postponed within an hour of Council’s scheduled vote, workers react Following news of the postponement, delivery drivers remark on the proposal as a reflection of Seattle’s values that workers deserve a living wage and inclusion in […]
TODAY, the Seattle City Council Governance Committee voted to side with Uber and DoorDash and cut gig workers’ pay to just $13.17/hour while rolling back their rights. Meanwhile, they did absolutely nothing to control the companies’ excessive junk fees – leaving Seattle workers, restaurants, and customers paying the cost of the apps’ greed. — ignoring the overwhelming […]
A detailed analysis of delivery workers’ actual time and expenses shows CB 120775 would in fact leave delivery workers with net pay of just $13.17/hour — a full $6.80/hour less than Seattle’s minimum wage.
Nelson Continues to Rush Through Gig Worker Sub-Minimum Wage Proposal Despite New Reporting About App Corporations’ Manipulation and the Need for Consumer and Courier Protection