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In 2014, Seattle became the first major city in the US to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. The campaign was spearheaded by socialist city councilmember Kshama Sawant with support from a broad coalition of labor unions (under the leadership of state labor council president Jeff Johnson), faith groups, and other organizations. [78]
[AFL–CIO] The layoffs and regressive bargaining by employers post war led the SCLC to call the Seattle General Strike of 1919. The strike had over 65,000 Seattle workers walk out, and was heavily supported by the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Fears that the strike was a radical effort to ...
And, in the Summer of 1983, the Collective Bargaining Agreement for West coast metal workers expired leaving workers without a contract and with adequate wage guarantees. The Pacific Coast Metal Trades Union strike lasted from July 26 to September 26, 1983, and in the case of Todd Shipyards was the result of the workers being dissatisfied with ...
Seattle City Council is expected to vote on a new contract with the Seattle Police Officer’s Guild on Tuesday, but one council member is pushing to postpone the vote.
In February 2024, Starbucks Workers United and Starbucks announced they would work on a "foundational framework" to reach a collective bargaining agreement for stores, something the union says has ...
Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss did not agree. According to Strauss, retaining the 2040 sunset will lead to a $500,000 million structural budget deficit for the city 16 years from now.
Collective bargaining is a process of negotiation between employers and a group of employees aimed at agreements to regulate working salaries, working conditions, ...
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