Program staff spend weeks getting to know people in homeless encampments like this one. In addition to housing, they find out what the people need.
Novel action blames the companies for worsening mental health and behavioral disorders among youth, including anxiety, depression and cyberbullying.
"We should all be proud of what we accomplished and what we stood up for: student supports and respect for educators," said the Seattle Education Association.
Baristas nationwide are remarkably organized. Is the company’s C.E.O., Howard Schultz, using firings, store closures, and legal delays to thwart them?
Teamster-affiliated Uber drivers in Seattle have won raises & benefits through city legislation. Now the union & employers are backing a bill that would take some benefits statewide—but would preempt Seattle from regulating the companies.
Starbucks corporate fought the Buffalo organizing effort. Massachusetts workers are preparing for a similar campaign by Starbucks.
Kshama Sawant brought an uncommon passion to a successful stint on the City Council. It may now be her undoing.
Construction work on several major tech company expansion projects, including those by Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Facebook, slowed to a crawl today as the region largest carpenters’ union halted work over a wage dispute.
County Council votes to fund promised transit raises one day after rally called by Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity (OWLS) to coincide with Seattle Strike for Black Lives.
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