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Adult Family Home Workers Win Labor Rights Fight
For Immediate Release: July 9, 2026 Contact: Niki Seligman, Communications Director| nseligman@workingwa.org Employers can no longer exploit workers in dangerous jobs just because they live where they work Olympia, WA […]
WATCH: Bikini Baristas In Washington Built Worker Power To Fight Wage Theft
(Español abajo) Watch: Stevie and other bikini baristas in Washington built worker power to expose their boss’s wage theft. Too many bosses who steal from workers are counting on one […]
DOMESTIC WORKERS JUST SHOWED WHAT BUILDING A WINNING WORKERS RIGHTS MOVEMENT LOOKS LIKE
(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 […]
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 […]
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 […]