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Starting next year the Board of Health can treat violations of workers’ rights as the public health issue they are.
Fair Work Center, on behalf of workers, to argue before Washington Supreme Court that exclusions from minimum wage rights for live-in care workers are unconstitutional.
The city of Seattle is considering expanding a cloud-based video surveillance program. We join a broad group of immigrant rights organizations, workers’ rights organizations, LGBTQ community organizations, and others in calling on Seattle Councilmembers to reject this proposal.
Uber owes $15 MILLION to 16,000 workers thanks to worker organizing for stronger standards and strong enforcement.
Our sincerest condolences to candidates and incumbents who care more about big money special interests than working people! Sad!! Thoughts and prayers! Last night, on Washington’s August primary election night, Seattle candidates who actually campaigned on building a fair economy that works for working people trounced their opposition who favor corporate bottom lines. It was a thing of beauty. Here are some highlights, and here’s what we can take away from those results…
A multibillion dollar corporation is throwing its weight around and trying to bully our city AGAIN. Surprise, surprise: it’s DoorDash.
Washington workers have shown the rest of the country time and again that we believe in fair pay, safe workplaces, and uplifting fair businesses – and when we fight for those things, we win. That is under threat, not because we are failing, but because the city is grappling with a huge budget deficit. This […]
This weekend, ICE detained the president of SEIU California and SEIU USWW, David Huerta, injuring him in the process. We condemn ICE and we condemn their actions. We will join SEIU locals in Washington for a rally and march today, and hope to see you there. FREE DAVID. FREE THEM ALL. STOP ICE RAIDS.
Seattle gig workers fought back against unfair deactivations by app corporations like DoorDash and UberEats – and we WON. Read about how these protections changed one new father’s life.