Story slammers to take the stage with true tales of insecure, unpredictable schedules — featuring David Schmader, Hanna Brooks Olsen, Paul Constant, Ebo Barton, Lisa Herbold, Mike O’Brien, and more!
Read MoreDiverse leaders to hold community meeting, call for investigation of racist and anti-Muslim practices in SeaTac government
Attorney General urged to investigate discrimination in SeaTac city government
A broad array of community and faith leaders are coming together and calling for change after reports that the SeaTac city manager sought to create a “tactical map” of Muslim residents in the city and engaged in other unacceptable and discriminatory behavior — all in just a few months. These actions have raised grave concerns about the intentions of the newly-elected leadership on the SeaTac City Council, in particular regarding their relationship to the diverse Muslim, immigrant and refugee communities they are supposed to represent.
Numerous organizations are also formally calling on Attorney General Bob Ferguson to investigate all policies and practices by SeaTac city officials that could inappropriately and illegally disrespect and dishonor the diversity of their community.
Who: Community and faith leaders, including Michael Ramos (Church Council of Greater Seattle); Sheikh Ali Garaad (Islamic Center of Seattle); Hira Bhullar (Sikh Community); Amina Ahmed (Somali Community); and a representative of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Washington.
What: Come together to celebrate diversity, unite against bigotry, and call for an investigation of SeaTac city government.
When: 11 am, Friday, June 3, 2016
Where: Abu-Bakr Islamic Center, 14101 Tukwila International Blvd S
The Diverse Communities in Action town hall was convened by the Interfaith Economic Justice Coalition, and is sponsored by a broad array of community, faith, and worker organizations.
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Contact: Sage Wilson, Working Washington: sage@workingwa.org
US Supreme Court rejects franchise industry challenge to Seattle's $15 minimum wage law
Working Washington released a statement regarding today's move by the US Supreme Court to reject the International Franchise Association's appeal of Seattle's $15 minimum wage law:
"The poverty wage fast food industry's worst fear is coming true — Seattle's $15 wage law is working & the economy is thriving. The big business lobby has thrown everything they got at Seattle workers — but they keep on losing, and the economy continues to boom. Today's ruling is another another win for workers & people of Seattle and another defeat for McDonald’s & friends."
Underpaid workers from Seattle to Vancouver to Yakima & beyond will “Raise the alarm” about poverty wages & workers rights as part of national day of action
Marches, rallies, an initiative to raise the minimum wage, and more across Washington State on Thursday, April 14th: baristas, grocery store workers, homecare workers, fast food workers, nursing home workers, janitors, adjunct professors, student workers, and other workers will take part in a national day of action to raise the alarm on poverty wages, secure scheduling, and efforts to turn back the clock on progress.
Read MoreWorkers across Washington to "raise the alarm" as part of national day of action 4/14
Baristas, grocery store workers, homecare workers, fast food workers, nursing home workers, janitors, adjunct professors, student workers, and other workers will come together across the state to raise the alarm on workers rights, poverty wages, and efforts to turn back the clock on progress. It all culminates at 2:00 pm with a major rally to raise the alarm for secure scheduling and workers rights outside the 1st & Yesler Starbucks.
Read MoreTODAY: Baristas to distribute #OurTimeCounts coffee sleeves outside Starbucks shareholder meeting
As secure scheduling issue continues to pick up steam, Seattle baristas will be outside today's Starbucks Annual Shareholder Meeting raising awareness of a hot issue — by handing out coffee sleeves that read #OurTimeCounts
Read MoreNew poll: 74% of Seattle voters support secure scheduling policies
As baristas and other workers continue to raise the issue of unstable, unpredictable workweeks, a new poll of Seattle voters by EMC Research finds overwhelming 74% support for secure scheduling policies, matching the high level of public approval for the $15 minimum wage law reached during the height of that debate.
Read MoreStreaming live online today at 10am: Working Washington members discuss secure scheduling issues, call on city council for action
Coffee and fast food workers will discuss how unpredictable and insecure schedules affect their lives, their families, and their communities, and launch campaign for secure scheduling. The live online forum will be hosted by Working Washington Executive Director Sejal Parikh, and Seattle City Councilmembers Gonzales and Herbold are also expected to attend.
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Read MoreSeattle coffee and fast food workers to hold online town hall & launch campaign for secure scheduling on Thursday, February 4th
"Our time counts!" — Workers to speak out at February 4th online town hall about how unpredictable, insecure schedules affect their lives, and call for action
Read MoreSenator Michael Baumgartner may call his proposal a "quarantine", but it's actually an amputation... and maybe a hallucination
Pro-poverty wage extremists like Senator Michael Baumgartner aren't afraid that a higher minimum wage will hurt the economy... they're terrified of the growing evidence that local economies thrive when wages rise. After all, what else could possibly be more threatening to their make-the-rich-get-richer political agenda?
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