This raise was brought to you by fast food workers
No single group has done more to raise standards for low-wage workers over the past decade than low-wage workers. It’s easy to take for granted the annual increases to the […]
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337,100 people got a raise on Tuesday!
This week, an estimated 337,100 workers in Washington got a raise thanks to Initiative 1433, which raised the minimum wage across the state to $12.00/hour on January 1. This year’s […]
Fair Work News – December 2018
Fair Work Center is a hub for workers to understand and exercise their rights on the job. This edition of Fair Work News brings you stories of what justice on […]
Join us for the Future of Worker Power!
Please join us in shaping the future of worker power on November 1, 5:30-7:30pm at WithinSodo (map). Fair Work Center and Working Washington are joining forces to build a powerful, […]
Summer 2018 Fair Work News
Hello and welcome to the Summer 2018 edition of the Fair Work News! My name is Rachel, and I am the new Executive Director of Fair Work Center and […]
RE: ATTORNEY GENERAL BOB FERGUSON’S ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING “NO POACHING” PROVISIONS
July 12, 2018 [Cross-posted at workingwa.org/media] The following remarks were made by Rachel Lauter, Executive Director of Working Washington and Fair Work Center, in regard to Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s announcement […]
STATEMENT REGARDING TODAY’S RULING IN JANUS V. AFSCME
June 27, 2018 [Cross-posted at workingwa.org/blog] “Today’s ruling abandons over 40 years of precedent. It shows five judges can’t handle the truth that strong labor unions have played a central role […]
Fair Work Center and Working Washington Announce Strategic Alignment and New Executive Director
Fair Work Center and Working Washington are coming together to build a powerful, sustainable and scalable worker organization to advance worker and economic justice in Washington and beyond. “Together, these […]
Welcome Rachel Lauter, our new Executive Director
Fair Work Center and Working Washington are thrilled to announce our new Executive Director, Rachel Lauter. Rachel most recently served as the Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Appointments […]
We’ve been hacked!!
Our website was recently hacked (sometime around April 7, 2018) and was down for about a week. We have lost the archives of our newsletter that lived on this page, […]