Tens of thousands of agricultural workers across the state will now get overtime pay when they work overtime hours.

Gig workers in Seattle should know this: laws that ensure you receive $2.50/job hazard pay and have access to paid sick days are still in effect through the pandemic emergency.

Bottom line, GoPuff's taking money from us. If they really want it delivered, they can go deliver it themselves.

We’re taking action together to make change. Without drivers working together, GoPuff management will continue to divide us & exploit us all." —Ronald Moody, GoPuff driver

“When we don’t have access to paid time off, it means that a lot of the time, we have to go to work sick or make the difficult decision of adjusting our budget, which is generally already pushed to its limit.” —Laura, nanny

New research confirms what Seattle workers already knew: the right to a stable, predictable schedule has been transformative.

We are thrilled to welcome Danielle Alvarado as the new Executive Director of Working Washington & Fair Work Center. Danielle has more than a decade of experience working in the movement for racial and economic justice. And she knows our organization inside & out: since 2019, she’s been our Legal Director.

It’s Labor Day weekend — and the federal government is marking the occasion by allowing crucial unemployment benefits to expire for millions of people.

“This is about survival.”

Over the past year, OLS has moved a total of more than $5 million from gig companies to 24K+ gig workers in Seattle for violations of the sick leave and hazard pay laws. And that’s on top of the millions of dollars workers are already getting when companies comply with the law by providing paid sick time and paying $2.50/job hazard pay.

Here’s the rundown.

There once was an owner confounded…