Seattle’s growing hotel profits come at worker expense and with public subsidies

April 30, 2012 While Seattle’s downtown hotel sector sets for widely projected growth and profitability, its workforce endures poverty wages, pain and injury from unsustainable management practices. Our Pain, Their Gain: The hidden costs of profitability...

Time to Demonstrate, Not Celebrate!

Rally for the Next Fifty! Saturday, April 21st 12:00pm to 1:30pm @ the Space Needle (Broad Street) On April 21st, the Seattle Center will begin its 50th anniversary celebration by celebrating the “Next Fifty” years. The Space Needle will...

Hyatt at Olive 8 Seattle workers demand a fair process to organize

Today, workers at Seattle’s Hyatt at Olive 8, a non-union hotel, bravely stepped forward and joined thousands of Hyatt workers nationwide to organize for a better future for themselves, their families, and their community. King County Councilmembers...