Seattle

Seattle Pride sells out to Starbucks, blocks ad against union busting

An ad against union busting submitted by Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) to the Seattle Pride Guide has been rejected, after…

June 8, 2023

Seattle unionists defend the right to strike

On May 5, 150 young unionists rallied at the federal courthouse in Seattle supporting labor’s right to strike. The anti-labor…

May 12, 2023

Seattle: Starbucks workers hold the line 

Seattle Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) struck the coffee chain March 22 at numerous stores across the U.S. Outside corporate headquarters…

March 30, 2023

Three-day strike at 100+ Starbucks stores

Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington Union coffee is hot, and at this point the bosses must feel like they’re getting…

December 21, 2022

Anniversary of first union win:
Protests target Starbucks

December 9 marked the one-year anniversary of the historic victory at a Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York, when the…

December 13, 2022

Seattle/Workers fight back against Starbucks’ attacks

Seattle Starbucks, headquartered in Seattle, is trying with a vengeance to halt the unionization of some of its prime stores.…

July 29, 2022

Monthly vigil: Demand human rights at Tacoma immigration prison!

Since the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., opened in 2004, detainees and their families, civil rights activists and the…

June 11, 2021

Seattle: Workers need health care, not Trumpcare! WW commentary

Seattle March 9 -- In Washington state, there were 15 deaths from COVID-19 (coronavirus) and 79 diagnosed cases of the…

March 13, 2020

Obama’s Alaska trip motivated by Big Oil and war threats

With great fanfare, while making an unprecedented presidential trip to Alaska on Aug. 31, President Barack Obama “renamed” the tallest…

September 3, 2015

March condemns killing of immigrant worker by cops

Pasco, Wash. -- Within days after farmworker Antonio Zambrano-Montes was killed by Pasco police, his murder was seen by over…

February 26, 2015