Amazon’s shiny new campus in South Lake Union shows off the success of the multi-billion dollar corporation. But what happens when customers click through the Amazon website and order something? That’s when thousands of warehouse workers get to work moving products — in conditions a lot less glitzy than you see in South Lake Union….
by Nate Jackson Hundreds of airport workers, their families and community members came out on a sunny Saturday to say one simple thing: let’s make every airport job a good job. We gathered at the flag pavilion where we set up a stage flanked by large standing flags of over twenty nations representing the diverse…
The word is getting out. TV news stories, petitions, billboards and more are all spreading the word about the poverty wage jobs at our airport. Now it’s time for the next step, a major rally where airport workers and community members will come together to stand up for good jobs at our airport. Be a…
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…
***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…
by Nathan Jackson After years of public pressure state lawmakers finally closed one of the most egregious loopholes in our state budget: a lucrative giveaway for out of state big banks worth tens of millions a year. It is a good start and it would not have happened without public pressure, but we still have…
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, students, and community members from the Seattle area and others from across the country are sending Amazon a message they can’t miss…
by Nate Jackson Hundreds of silent protesters lined the halls beneath the state capitol dome. We had dollar bills strapped over our mouths and watched as Washington State Legislators slinked by on their way to a party. It was hard to understand what they were celebrating. They had just rammed through a budget that slashes…
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…
The 99% will be on hand when Mitt 1% Romney rolls into town. We want the richest 1% and the big corporations to pay their fair share. On March 1st, members of the 1% will gather for a $2500-per-photo fundraiser at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue in support of Mitt Romney’s campaign to lower their…
