Election Day was huge. In race after race, voters rejected the 1% agenda. Across the country, candidates won elections because they committed to give us jobs not cuts. Now we need to hold the politicians to their promises. The first step: a tele-town hall with Senator Patty Murray beginning at 5:45 pm on Monday, November…
By Nathan Jackson Working Washington is fighting for the 99%. We’ve pushed for good jobs & economic justice and stood with workers fighting for safety and fairness in their workplaces. We’ve made a difference already because of all the hard work you all have put in and we want to say thanks…and ask for more….
By Nathan Jackson 99% SuperPACs have been meeting from South to North Seattle and across from Tacoma to Bellevue. We are dedicated groups coming together to bring forward the issues that really matter to the 99%: good jobs, affordable healthcare, and political system that isn’t rigged against us. We learn about what causes these problems,…
By Nathan Jackson When big corporations, trade associations and the 1% ply our politicians with fundraisers they aren’t doing it out of a sense of civic duty. They give money, they expect a big return on their investment–policies that give more money and more power to the people who are already plenty rich and powerful….
It’s all over the news.The 1%, the super-rich, has a new weapon in their arsenal of control–the SuperPAC. SuperPACs take unlimited money, lobby and launch advertisements for the selected candidates and policies of the 1%. Policies like more tax breaks for the wealthy, low wage jobs for the rest of us and unfair access to…
by Nate Jackson State Attorney General Rob McKenna doesn’t think the 99% deserve a raise. In fact, he actually thinks that low wage workers should get a pay cut. Speaking to a group of business leaders last year, McKenna ignored the record profits of big corporations, CEO bonuses and the huge tax loopholes that big…
By Nate Jackson Reverend Angela Ying, a 99%er, stood up in the middle of the Amazon Shareholder meeting and asked the billionaire CEO Jeff Bezos point blank, “Why are you still supporting the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)?” Bezos passed the question to an Amazon lawyer, Michelle Wilson. Wilson in as many words told us…
by Nate Jackson On Tax Day the 99% took to the streets to show big corporate tax dodgers extraordinaires like Amazon and Wells Fargo that they were on notice. Thousands of people across the country participated as workers, concerned citizens and community groups came together to address some of the fundamental problems facing all of…
by Nate Jackson Outside of the Meydenbauer Center in downtown Bellevue, more than a dozen of us laid down on the cement as a red carpet was rolled over us. We formed a human red carpet, inviting the 1% gathered for Mitt Romney’s big fundraiser to literally walk all over us. After all they’ve been…
by Nate Jackson Leonard Sims had a long career in the construction field. He put in the hours, worked overtime and did whatever job was asked of him. He specialized in laying concrete for a small contractor centered in South Seattle. He’s been part of the close knit community for most of his life. Sims…
