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“The Seattle City Council is trying to cut low-wage workers’ pay. The council is about to tell tens of thousands of workers in our city that, actually, they don’t deserve the right to minimum wage after all. They’re poised to take money out of the pockets of workers and put it into the profits of […]
The Seattle Times has confirmed that the Seattle City Council is getting ready to CUT gig worker pay by repealing the #PayUp minimum wage law. For the last two months, app corporations have done everything they can to keep workers from making minimum wage, including piling on massive new fees to squeeze local businesses, customers, […]
DoorDash put out an ever-so-helpful blog post yesterday aimed at customers on a budget. Stretch your dollar! Master the art of budgeting! Pinch pennies while our app executives point at you and laugh! DoorDash cites polling data saying that 71% of voters think inflation and prices increases are here to stay, but the company sidesteps […]
Gig workers in Seattle and beyond came together to fight for minimum wage because gig companies have shown since the beginning that they can’t be trusted to pay workers fairly. And after nearly two months of tracking the retaliatory efforts of corporations like DoorDash and Instacart against Seattle’s minimum wage ordinance, we’ve seen how far […]
Last week, we gathered at Pike Place Market for a visual demonstration of the importance of fair pay for all workers — and how the app corporations’ retaliation with fees makes the megacorps look as greedy and out of touch as they are. Mr. Moneybags himself came through to make a compelling case on behalf […]
Gig workers finally won the right to a minimum wage – help us defend that right! Gig workers in Seattle are holding the line on our minimum wage victory and we urgently need your help. Research showed that 92% of gig delivery jobs in Seattle paid less than half of the city’s current minimum wage […]
A very good thing has happened: for the first time, gig workers are making a minimum wage! And a predictable thing is also happening: corporate app companies are mobilizing against gig worker minimum pay. Just three weeks ago, the groundbreaking minimum pay ordinance for gig workers went into effect. This law grants us one of the first-ever […]
Today’s vote by the Seattle City Council to appoint Tanya Woo to the vacant council seat marked the new council’s first action and the working-class community’s last chance to shape the makeup of our council until November. Now, the people who live in Seattle, work in Seattle, and love Seattle need to keep our focus on improving our day-to-day lives in our city by holding the council accountable to our values.
The Seattle City Council just wrapped up the first of two days of public comment about the vacant seat. Dozens of people were there in person to speak out against the moneyed corporate interests trying to manipulate our city government process. But the push isn’t over. The council is voting TOMORROW 1/23 on who should […]