March 8th, 2021
March 8, 2021To: Board of Directors of Seattle Public SchoolsCC: Superintendent Denise Juneau Seattle City Council Seattle Education Association Dear School Board, As a rank and file member of American Federation of Teachers 1789, a socialist and a City Councilmember, I am writing in solidarity with the Seattle Education Association (SEA), and to express my […]
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February 16th, 2021
NEWS RELEASE Councilmember Kshama Sawant FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, February 16, 2021 Contact:Dana Robinson Slote, Council Communications, 206-423-3220 Councilmember Sawant Expresses Solidarity with BAmazon Union: “Victory in Bessemer could be historic turning point for workers across America” ‘They are afraid of the collective power you’ll have as a union. If workers organized in a union had no […]
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July 10th, 2019
I sent the following letter on Tuesday July 9th, 2019 urging the CEO of Cascade Public media urging him to recognize the decision to form a union by the workers at Crosscut and KTCS. Dear Robert Dunlop, CEO Cascade Public Media: As a Seattle City Councilmember and an elected representative of the city’s working people, […]
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February 5th, 2019
Last summer, Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) employed by the for-profit corporation AMR, and unionized with Teamsters 763, approached my Council office to help them in their fight for a fair contract. The EMTs were fed up of being underpaid and getting substandard healthcare and other benefits, and struggling for basic needs like housing, while AMR […]
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