(Español abajo) Workers in Washington just made history. Again. In 2018, domestic workers won landmark workplace protections in Seattle, making it the first city in the country to secure domestic […]
“My first time working in a restaurant you never got a break…One day, we had a new hire and she took a 30 like she was […]
For Immediate Release: Sep. 12, 2025 Contact: Hannah Sabio-Howell | hannah@workingwa.org, (206) 573-2317 Adult Family Home workers seek to end unjust labor protection exclusions Fair Work Center, on behalf of […]
(Español abajo) In 2023, Nicole was a gig worker delivering groceries through Instacart. One day while on the job, she injured her foot. She couldn’t keep shopping for the order […]
(Español abajo) Imagine toiling outdoors under the scorching sun to put food on the table and, despite your hard work, being attacked by the boss for who you are. […]
You heard that right: 1,400 Moctezuma’s workers received $850,000 through a settlement after enforcing our rights against wage theft and violations of our breaks. Anyone who has worked in food […]
Subcontracting agreements create distance between employers and the people that get paid to work for them, allowing hiring entities to pretend it’s the fault of the subcontracting company or the […]
Until recently, bad bosses who stole wages from their own workers could try to get away with it by using government bureaucracy to cause delays or derail the whole effort. […]
(Español abajo) In August 2023, in the blistering heat of summer in South Central Washington, a group of workers at a fruitpacking warehouse (known in Spanish as a bodega), fed […]
(Español abajo) “I was doing everything I could to support my family — and then they deactivated me without warning.” Yelkal, a Seattle area gig worker Yelkal has driven Seattle’s […]