On February 19 2015, I attended a pretrial rally in defense of workers and fellow organizers who are standing up to Alaska Airlines and the corporation’s refusal to follow the law and pay workers the $15/hour minimum wage SeaTac voters approved more than fifteen months ago. I was proud to stand and speak with my fellow “jail mates,” […]
Last Monday, I sent out the following letter in solidarity with Seattle University’s Adjunct Professors who are walking out to demand better working conditions and defend their right to organize. Join the walkout this Wednesday! February 16th, 2015 Dear Seattle University Adjunct Professors, As a member of both the Seattle City Council and the […]
I am disgusted by the Pacific Maritime Association’s (PMA) attempt to bully workers on the West Coast by suspending port activity last weekend, and again today. This temporary lockout is only the latest in a string of destructive negotiating tactics by the bosses, causing shipments to be delayed up and down the West Coast. To […]
Share your rent-increase story with us! Call my office at (206) 684-8016. Let’s expand tenant rights and fight for affordable housing! Is your rent skyrocketing? Do you want to fight for your right to affordable housing? You’re not alone. There are hundreds, if not thousands, like you in Seattle, who are facing the prospect of […]
Garfield High School teacher and social justice activist, Jesse Hagopian, announced at a press conference on January 28th that he is filing a lawsuit against the City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Department (SPD) after being pepper sprayed as he walked down the street. The incident, which was captured on video, occurred after […]
SYRIZA’s victory in Greece is a deafening rejection by ordinary people of the morally bankrupt politics of austerity. I echo the words of Paul Murphy, a member of Ireland’s Parliament and member of the Irish sister party to Socialist Alternative, who said: “The ideological wall saying ‘There Is No Alternative’ to austerity has been decisively […]