(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…
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Workers overlooked in safety inspection of Sea-Tac fuel operations
On Oct. 5, Working Washington issued the following statement in response to news of an FAA inspection of safety issues in Sea-Tac fueling operation. Two days after Sea-Tac aircraft fuelers announced their overwhelming vote to authorize a strike for safety & fairness, the FAA has reportedly been called in to look into the serious safety…
Sea-Tac aircraft fuelers vote to authorize strike for safety & fairness at work
Contact: Thea Levkovitz, thea@workingwa.org or Sage Wilson, sage@workingwa.org Possible action by fuelers could cause delays at Sea-Tac Airport workers who fuel planes for Alaska and most other major airlines at Sea-Tac have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike over retaliation against a co-worker who raised public concerns about safety & fairness issues at our airport….
Amazon corporate campus to be “occu-pied” by more than a hundred protestors — in chef hats.
***MEDIA ADVISORY*** FOR APRIL 17, 2012 CONTACT: Sage Wilson, sage@workingwa.org Tax day protesters demand: “Fair’s fair. Pay your share.” On Tax Day, more than a hundred workers, students, people of faith, and community leaders will converge in South Lake Union to “occu-pie” Amazon and call on the company to pay their fair share of…
SeaTac Airport Workers Announce Federal Lawsuit Against Sound Transit
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** Contact: Thea Levkovitz, Thea@workingwa.org TODAY: SeaTac Airport Workers Announce Federal Lawsuit Against Sound Transit Today Sea-Tac Airport workers announce a Federal lawsuit filed against Sound Transit. The agency has unfairly rejected a factual ad about thousands of poverty wage jobs at our airport. When: Today, April 5, 2012, 11:30 AM Where: Pier…
Amazon gets pied–online action on tax fairness swamps Amazon product reviews.
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** APRIL 3, 2012 Fed up with Amazon’s corporate tax dodging, customers use feedback system to review the company itself. In a first-of-its-kind online action, the Amazon.com webpage for a pie-cutter is being swamped today with “reviews” pointing out the giant online retailer’s failure to pay their fair share of taxes. Frustrated by Amazon’s tax-dodging, workers,…
