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    Spokane’s Black community newspaper is making a comeback

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    / February 27, 2024
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    / January 23, 2024
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    ArtSEA: ‘Malcolm X’ lands at Seattle Opera via spacecraft

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    / February 22, 2024
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    / February 23, 2024
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        A protestor holds a sign outside Starbucks headquarters Wednesday
        Investigations

        Where the Starbucks union stands after rallies, proposed audit

        As a new CEO takes over, employees of the Seattle-based coffee giant are taking their demands to the street: Stop union-busting and bargain in good faith.

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        • Lizz Giordano
        / March 24, 2023 /
        Updated at 3:50 p.m. March 29
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        Politics

        Seattle City Council moves to give gig workers paid sick leave

        This week, the Council took steps to expand the pandemic-era benefit — and make it permanent.

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        • Josh Cohen
        / March 21, 2023
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        New UW study says human-services workers are underpaid by 37%

        Seattle homeless outreach, child care and elder care workers are leaving for higher wages, making it harder to provide care for the city’s most vulnerable.

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        • Josh Cohen
        / March 6, 2023
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        Investigations

        Starbucks union fight shows hard road for many toward contract

        Prolonged negotiations and mounting complaints at the Seattle-based coffee retailer show the obstacles a new labor movement faces.

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        • Lizz Giordano
        / March 1, 2023
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        Crosscut Reports

        Podcast | The rise of the unionized barista

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        / March 1, 2023

        Reporter Lizz Giordano discusses the recent labor organizing push in Washington and the struggles between Starbucks and its workers.

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        Politics

        Seattle exotic dancers organize to improve 'predatory' conditions

        House fees and shared tips are causing some strip-club workers to actually lose money. Can liquor licenses and increased oversight help?

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        • John Stang
        / February 21, 2023
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        News

        Why can't WA rail workers use state sick leave?

        The answer comes down to an 86-year-old federal law.

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        • Josh Cohen
        / December 9, 2022
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        News

        Labor shortages, heat bring tough tides for WA shellfish farm

        At Taylor Shellfish Farms, hiring is increasingly a challenge as skyrocketing housing costs and difficult working conditions make it hard to recruit.

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        • Mara Kardas-Nelson
        High Country News
        / October 17, 2022
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        Equity

        Central WA farmworkers weigh in on heat protection efforts

        State leaders and labor advocates are pushing for regulations to protect workers who feel torn between working in dangerous heat and losing wages.

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        • Johanna Bejarano
        Northwest Public Broadcasting
        / August 30, 2022
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        Equity

        WA agriculture workers look to retain momentum of pandemic strikes

        A new Yakima office aims to give workers and immigrants a place to gather, share information and organize.

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        • Mai Hoang
        / July 7, 2022
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        Crosscut Talks

        Podcast | The pandemic is changing how we think about work

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        / June 16, 2022

        Journalists Sarah Jaffe and Eyal Press discuss what the Great Resignation, union organization and hybrid models mean for the future of labor.

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        Culture

        Seattle Art Museum security guards join the wave of union efforts

        The push comes amid a growing trend of labor organizing in U.S. museums and a flurry of high-profile union votes locally and nationally.

        by
        • Margo Vansynghel
        / May 6, 2022
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        Culture

        ArtSEA: Seattle’s Angela Garbes talks motherhood and labor in new book

        Plus, mythical beasts and where to find them (hint: galleries across the city).

        by
        • Margo Vansynghel
        / May 5, 2022
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        Culture

        Mask mandates will remain at top Seattle performance venues (for now)

        While statewide requirements end March 12, many Seattle theaters will keep their mask-and-vax policies at least through this spring.

        by
        • Margo Vansynghel
        / March 11, 2022
        An artwork of two farmworkers posing with piles of produce around them
        Culture

        WA farmworkers’ labor as seen through their art

        Paintings and prints of agricultural workers show another side of their essential work.

        by
        • Sarah Sax
        High Country News
        / February 22, 2022
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