CELEBRATING 7 YEARS OF SEATTLE’S SECURE SCHEDULING ORDINANCE!
Seven years ago workers across the food service and retail sectors got fed up with being treated by our corporate employers as if we exist solely to serve at the […]
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5 Year Anniversary of The Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
Celebrating five years! Five years ago the city of Seattle set a powerful and historic precedent as the first city in the nation to have a Domestic Workers Bill […]
Felicidades Centro Chinampa!
This month we celebrated the 2-year anniversary of Centro Chinampa! This center has been our community space in Yakima where we organize with bodega workers, hold legal intake clinics, host […]
Fair Work News — April 2024
Bosses back down when workers have access to legal resources: Vineyard workers in Sunnyside, WA were injured and needed to take time off to recover, only to find their entire […]
University of Washington Community Survey: Understanding the Initial Impact of Seattle’s PayUp Ordinance
Researchers with UW’s Information School and the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies are studying the response to the PayUp Ordinance. PayUp and where we’re at now: In 2022, the […]
The Assurecare Workers’ Story
Ending Racist And Sexist Exclusion Of Caregivers From Critical Labor Standards In Washington We were recently featured as guest contributors on Impact Fund’s blog to talk about our recent case […]
Seattle App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance In Effect
Subminimum wages for Seattle’s gig workers are OVER. As of January 13, 2024, the PayUp App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance finally goes into effect – the law that thousands of […]
Kim’s story — “My boss said I was faking it.”
Kim was experiencing a sudden health crisis. She badly needed time away from her job at a call center in Federal Way to recover—but when she requested the time off, […]
Danielle Alvarado testimony before the U.S. House Select Committee on Economic Disparity & Fairness in Growth
Testimony of Danielle Alvarado, Executive Director of Working Washington & Fair Work Center, before the U.S. House Select Committee on Economic Disparity & Fairness in Growth AUGUST 9, 2022 “Good […]
MEDIA RELEASE: Ezell’s worker files lawsuit over sexual harassment
COURT FILING DETAILS TWO YEARS OF HARASSMENT, DISCRIMINATION AT EZELL’S FAMOUS CHICKEN BELLEVUE LOCATION Lawsuit underscores widespread crisis of sexual harassment and discrimination in the restaurant industry A worker at […]