“I never used to understand my father,” Fermin said into the microphone. “He was always angry, cold, you know? It wasn’t until I grew up that I realized why. He was always working and it was killing him.” He looked around the full room at Doc Maynard’s Bar and gripped the microphone. “He worked jobs…
(Originally posted on our Tumblr page: workingwa.tumblr.com) Behind a giant banner simply reading “UNION!” poverty-wage airport workers, faith leaders and community members marched down Pacific Avenue towards Alaska Airlines Global HQ. Reverend John Helmiere of Valley and Mountain United Methodist Church, wearing the white collar of his faith, glanced over at the over-sized letter informing…
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** Contacts: Thea Levkovitz, Thea@workingwa.org State fines Alaska Airlines contractor for failing to protect workers from exposure to blood borne pathogens, body fluids Serious health and safety violations for Alaska’s passenger services contractor at Sea-Tac Airport SeaTac Airport – April 18, 2013 – The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries …
Corporate profits are booming —so why are so many jobs paying poverty wages? And get this, some politicians have actually proposed to CUT minimum wage. Seriously. Sign here to tell politicians we need to raise the wage. Jobs should create opportunity, not poverty. When our jobs don’t pay enough to support basic spending levels, it…
Behind a giant banner simply reading “UNION!” poverty-wage airport workers, faith leaders and community members marched down Pacific Avenue towards Alaska Airlines Global HQ. Reverend John Helmiere of Valley and Mountain United Methodist Church, wearing the white collar of his faith, glanced over at the over-sized letter informing the airline that these workers have formed…
(Originally posted on itsOURairport.org) New report shows how other airports have raised working standards, lifted up communities “Below the Radar,” a just-released report from regional think tank Puget Sound Sage, shows that Seattle-Tacoma International Airport arrives last among five major West Coast airports in standards for wages and working conditions. Thousands of Sea-Tac workers are…
We’ve got our hands on a translation of Congressman Ryan’s latest budget proposal called, “A Path to Austerity.” Here’s a couple of highlights of how austerity, also known as the “sequester” is already affecting Washington State. Hanford pink slips coming today from the Tri City Herald. Nine million dollars cut from Head Start Program in…
By Nathan Jackson You can’t keep a good annoying, incorrigible, out of work icon down; at least not for long. Over 100 community members came to University Village to tell the Starbucks and Microsoft CEOs that they need to drop their support of the corporate front group “Fix the Debt.” This group of wealthy CEOs…
By Nathan Jackson Waving messages on paper plates, airport food-service workers led a march through Sea-Tac Airport calling on the Port of Seattle to emphasize good food *and* good jobs at our airport. Port executives are currently considering changes in how food services operate at our airport that threaten to undermine the good jobs these…
By Nathan Jackson Every year people make New Year’s resolutions. Eat healthier. Reconnect with old friends. Save money. This year it’s time we all came together and made an Economic Resolution, and unlike the promises the fade away after a few weeks, we can’t afford to let this resolution fail. We can’t just sit around…
