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. […]
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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 […]
Fighting for Justice: A Domestic Worker’s Victory and Why We Need a Bill of Rights
In Washington state, thousands of domestic workers—nannies, house cleaners, and caregivers—work without the most basic labor protections. Many face wage theft, unfair working conditions, and employer exploitation. Seattle workers won […]
10 Years of Worker Wins: Seattle’s Fight for Fair Wages
Today, we celebrate a decade of worker power! In 2015, Seattle’s Minimum Wage and Wage Theft Ordinances took effect—raising wages, holding bad employers accountable, and setting a national standard for […]
WASHINGTON STATE SENATE ADVANCES THE DOMESTIC WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS, WORKERS REACT
For Immediate Release: March 5, 2025 Contact: Hannah Sabio-Howell | hannah@workingwa.org, (206) 573-2317 Washington state takes a major step toward becoming the thirteenth state in the nation to end the […]
Fair Work Center to King County Small Claims Court: Prioritize Language Accessibility and Access to Justice
On August 21st, the Fair Work Center, along with 11 other signatories, sent an advocacy letter to the King County District Court’s Small Claims Division to highlight significant language barriers […]
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 […]