RESTAURANT WORKERS WIN A NEW TOOL TO GET WHAT WE’RE OWED
“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 […]
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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 […]
FOOD DELIVERY APPS TRY TO EXPLOIT GIG WORKERS WHO DON’T KNOW OUR RIGHTS
(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 […]
Claiming Farm Worker Power On The Mega Farm/Reclamando el Poder de los Trabajadores Agrícolas en la Mega Granja
(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. […]
The Moctezuma’s restaurant chain FAFO’d and workers won back $850,000.
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 […]
DON’T WANT TO PAY FOR THE CLEANING WORK OF THE HOTEL LOBBY? COOL, WE’LL JUST PUT A LIEN ON THE FANCY HOTEL.
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 […]
Justice Shouldn’t Wait for Bad Bosses to Cooperate
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. […]
FIRED FOR SPEAKING UP FOR SAFETY, BODEGA WORKERS IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNITED TO FIGHTBACK AND WIN
(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 […]
HE CHOSE TO USE SICK TIME TO CARE FOR HIS FAMILY, THE APP DEACTIVATED HIM: HOW ONE GIG WORKER FOUGHT BACK AND WON
(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 […]
No More Bogus Deactivations For Gig Workers In Seattle/No Más Desactivaciones Por Excusas Ridículas Para Los Trabajadores De Aplicaciones En Seattle
(Español abajo/Spanish below) App-based gig workers in Seattle fought to win new protections against unfair deactivations (aka: when app companies like UberEats, Doordash, and Instacart abruptly bar a worker from […]