Marches, rallies, an initiative to raise the minimum wage, and more across Washington State on Thursday, April 14th: baristas, grocery store workers, homecare workers, fast food workers, nursing home workers, janitors, adjunct professors, student workers, and other workers will take part in a national day of action to raise the alarm on poverty wages, secure scheduling, and efforts to turn back the clock on progress.
Read MoreBaristas, grocery store workers, homecare workers, fast food workers, nursing home workers, janitors, adjunct professors, student workers, and other workers will come together across the state to raise the alarm on workers rights, poverty wages, and efforts to turn back the clock on progress. It all culminates at 2:00 pm with a major rally to raise the alarm for secure scheduling and workers rights outside the 1st & Yesler Starbucks.
Read MoreAs secure scheduling issue continues to pick up steam, Seattle baristas will be outside today's Starbucks Annual Shareholder Meeting raising awareness of a hot issue — by handing out coffee sleeves that read #OurTimeCounts
Read MoreAs baristas and other workers continue to raise the issue of unstable, unpredictable workweeks, a new poll of Seattle voters by EMC Research finds overwhelming 74% support for secure scheduling policies, matching the high level of public approval for the $15 minimum wage law reached during the height of that debate.
Read MoreCoffee and fast food workers will discuss how unpredictable and insecure schedules affect their lives, their families, and their communities, and launch campaign for secure scheduling. The live online forum will be hosted by Working Washington Executive Director Sejal Parikh, and Seattle City Councilmembers Gonzales and Herbold are also expected to attend.
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Read More"Our time counts!" — Workers to speak out at February 4th online town hall about how unpredictable, insecure schedules affect their lives, and call for action
Read MorePro-poverty wage extremists like Senator Michael Baumgartner aren't afraid that a higher minimum wage will hurt the economy... they're terrified of the growing evidence that local economies thrive when wages rise. After all, what else could possibly be more threatening to their make-the-rich-get-richer political agenda?
Read MoreOn Tuesday, workers in Seattle, Yakima, Spokane, Olympia, and across the state are rising up to set the agenda for elected officials from city halls to the state capital and beyond.... And it's going to be livestreamed all day long on workingWA.org.
Read MoreTuesday November 10th. workers rise up across the state to say: “It’s our time” — and we’ll be livestreaming it all day long on our website, workingwa.org. It’ll be like a mashup of Keeping up with the Kardashians and Occupy Wall Street — so hope you upgraded your data plan, because you’re not going to want to turn it off
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