On August 21st, the Fair Work Center, along with 11 other signatories, sent an advocacy letter to the King County District Court’s Small Claims Division to highlight significant language barriers […]
Seven years ago workers across the food service and retail sectors got fed up with being treated by our corporate employers as if we exist solely to serve at the […]
Celebrating five years! Five years ago the city of Seattle set a powerful and historic precedent as the first city in the nation to have a Domestic Workers Bill […]
This month we celebrated the 2-year anniversary of Centro Chinampa! This center has been our community space in Yakima where we organize with bodega workers, hold legal intake clinics, host […]
Bosses back down when workers have access to legal resources: Vineyard workers in Sunnyside, WA were injured and needed to take time off to recover, only to find their entire […]
Researchers with UW’s Information School and the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies are studying the response to the PayUp Ordinance. PayUp and where we’re at now: In 2022, the […]
Ending Racist And Sexist Exclusion Of Caregivers From Critical Labor Standards In Washington We were recently featured as guest contributors on Impact Fund’s blog to talk about our recent case […]
Subminimum wages for Seattle’s gig workers are OVER. As of January 13, 2024, the PayUp App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance finally goes into effect – the law that thousands of […]
Kim was experiencing a sudden health crisis. She badly needed time away from her job at a call center in Federal Way to recover—but when she requested the time off, […]
Testimony of Danielle Alvarado, Executive Director of Working Washington & Fair Work Center, before the U.S. House Select Committee on Economic Disparity & Fairness in Growth AUGUST 9, 2022 “Good […]