On 4/14 we raised the alarm on poverty wages, workers rights, and the attempts of big business lobbyists to try and turn back the clock on the progress we’ve already made.
Read MoreUniversity of Washington Study Proves Opposition to Minimum Wage Increase is Wrong...Again
Before Seattle's $15 minimum wage law started to phase in, 62% of employers said they planned to raise the prices at their own businesses. But their predictions were wrong again — a new UW study found no price increase at all!
Read MoreCould this happen to you?
Seattle is a leader on workers rights issues like our $15 minimum wage, paid sick & safe time ordinance, and wage theft laws. But what happens if employers are still breaking the rules?
Read MoreWe are raising the alarm about poverty wages and workers rights
Thursday, April 14th, all across the state we are gathering signatures to get a $13.50 statewide minimum wage and paid sick & safe leave on the ballot.
Read MoreRaise the Alarm - April 14th
Leaked Chamber of Commerce poll shows business owners support secure scheduling by 78%
Wow: the Washington Post got their hands on a national poll conducted for a coalition of state chambers of commerce, and it turns out the business lobby doesn’t even have the support of its own members in their opposition to secure scheduling.
Read MoreIf you want to project negative impacts from Seattle's minimum wage, your only choice is to change the timeline
One year after Seattle minimum wage increase began, it's too soon for the local economy to experience the full boost to demand from 100,000 people getting a substantial raise and then spending that money at local businesses. But it's not too soon to judge that the apocalypse flat-out didn't happen.
Read MoreInflexible and Out of Balance: Unpredictable, insecure schedules in Seattle's service industry
Our survey of Seattle coffee, food service, and other workers shows that half of service workers receive their schedules just one week in advance — or less. Women are less likely to have secure schedules than men, people of color are less likely to have secure schedules than white workers, and most service workers don't have the flexibility they need to care for their families, contribute to their communities, and live their lives.
Read More"$13.50 isn't enough. Here's why we're going to get it passed."
This isn't a compromise, it's an opportunity. No, it’s not $15. And no, it’s not enough. (And $15 isn’t enough either.) But Working Washington is going to get $13.50 and paid sick days on the ballot, and then get it passed into law, because every victory is a step forward, because every victory is incomplete, and because we're going to keep on winning.
Read MoreSeattle fast food workers win higher wages...in Bellevue
They said that $15 in Seattle would bring fiery rain down on our economy and the mass exodus of businesses to lower wage cities and suburbs. It’s a nice end-of-the-economy-as-we-know-it story, but it just isn’t happening.
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