News & Updates
Today, the Washington Supreme Court announced a ruling granting the right to fair pay and safe workplaces to tens of thousands of the mostly-immigrant care workers who protect and care for our elderly and disabled loved ones.
Stevie and other baristas in Washington said wage theft wasn’t going to fly anymore!
Workers in Washington just made history. Again.
Through persistent pressure and legal advocacy, we forced the app to choose to negotiate a settlement.
By organizing together and making a plan, the workers improved the conditions in the workplace and won $200,000 for their trouble.
You heard that right: 1,400 Moctezuma’s workers received $850,000 through a settlement after enforcing our rights against wage theft and violations of our breaks. Anyone who has worked in food service has some familiarity with what the boss did: being worked so hard preparing and serving food that there’s no chance to take breaks even […]
When Wendy found the Fair Work Center, we made a plan together to get her money back.
Until recently, bad bosses who stole wages from their own workers could try to get away with it by using government bureaucracy to cause delays or derail the whole effort. The Washington State Supreme Court recently issued a decision that could change that for good, if government agencies act wisely. This could mean fair treatment […]
(Español abajo) In August 2023, in the blistering heat of summer in South Central Washington, a group of workers at a fruitpacking warehouse (known in Spanish as a bodega), fed up and frightened, came to our Central Chinampa offices in Yakima. Their story was all too familiar in a region where big farmowners and agribusinesses […]