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What Workers Want in 2022

Guest User January 10, 2022

We’re calling on legislators to support workers through this ongoing crisis, fix our state’s broken unemployment system, support undocumented immigrants who lose work, and tax the rich to fund an equitable recovery.

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3 important changes for WA workers in 2022

Guest User January 5, 2022

On New Year's Day, three important changes took effect for WA workers. Here’s what you should know.

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Agricultural workers in WA will now get overtime pay when they work overtime hours

Guest User January 4, 2022

Tens of thousands of agricultural workers across the state will now get overtime pay when they work overtime hours.


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Seattle gig worker hazard pay and sick days are still in effect

Guest User December 15, 2021

Gig workers in Seattle should know this: laws that ensure you receive $2.50/job hazard pay and have access to paid sick days are still in effect through the pandemic emergency.

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How I organized a successful strike at my GoPuff warehouse in California

Guest User December 7, 2021

Bottom line, GoPuff's taking money from us. If they really want it delivered, they can go deliver it themselves.

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Using slogan "#GoPuffYourself", GoPuff workers on strike today for better pay, flexible shifts, and deactivation protections

Guest User November 23, 2021

We’re taking action together to make change. Without drivers working together, GoPuff management will continue to divide us & exploit us all." —Ronald Moody, GoPuff driver

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Nannies & house cleaners urge Seattle City Council to create a system that ensures they have access to paid time off

Guest User November 10, 2021

“When we don’t have access to paid time off, it means that a lot of the time, we have to go to work sick or make the difficult decision of adjusting our budget, which is generally already pushed to its limit.” —Laura, nanny

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New study of Seattle's Secure Scheduling law shows huge positive impacts for workers

Guest User October 26, 2021

New research confirms what Seattle workers already knew: the right to a stable, predictable schedule has been transformative.

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Welcoming Danielle Alvarado as our new Executive Director

Guest User September 9, 2021

We are thrilled to welcome Danielle Alvarado as the new Executive Director of Working Washington & Fair Work Center. Danielle has more than a decade of experience working in the movement for racial and economic justice. And she knows our organization inside & out: since 2019, she’s been our Legal Director.

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120,000 unemployed workers in WA are seeing their benefits go to $0 to mark Labor Day weekend.

Guest User September 3, 2021

It’s Labor Day weekend — and the federal government is marking the occasion by allowing crucial unemployment benefits to expire for millions of people.

“This is about survival.”

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Our mission is to build a powerful workers’ movement that can dramatically improve wages and working conditions, and change the local and national conversation about wealth, inequality, and the value of work.

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Our vision is a state where everyone shares in the prosperity we create together: a place where all workers are treated with dignity, paid enough to support themselves, and able to participate in a thriving community.

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Working Washington

building a workers’ movement that has the power to raise wages, improve labor standards, and change the conversation about work and wealth

Working Washington unites working people to fight for a fair economy where everyone can support themselves, afford the basics, and contribute to the economy.

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