Author: Adam Ziemkowski (Adam Ziemkowski)

At least 17 people are dead, including eight children, after a Bronx apartment building caught fire on Sunday in the deadliest fire in New York City in decades. This comes just days after a fire in an overcrowded Philadelphia rowhouse killed 12. Socialist Alternative and I send our deepest condolences and solidarity to the families […]

Monday, January 10, 2022 Tenants at Rainier Court, a low-income apartment complex in South Seattle owned by SouthEast Effective Development (SEED) continue to suffer from deplorable living conditions, negligent management, and increases to their cost of living – an untenable and desperate situation, especially with the majority of tenants living on fixed incomes.  For years, […]

“Ending the moratorium now would send thousands to eviction court — disproportionately renters of color — and according to the Losing Home Report, almost 90% of them will become homeless.”  January 7, 2022  Dear Mayor Bruce Harrell,  I am writing to urge you to extend Seattle’s eviction moratorium for residents, small businesses, and nonprofits beyond […]

Rally & March TODAY, Friday, at 1pm Celebrate Enormous Victory Forcing SEED to Rescind Rent Increases for Nearly 600 Tenants Demand SEED Fix Code Violations, Refund All Rent Increases, & Publicly Promise No Rent Increases Through 2022   A landlord being forced to rescind exploitative rent increases is a huge victory, and happens only when tenants […]

October 28, 2021 Dear Councilmember Morales,  Dear Councilmember Zahilay, Dear Representative Harris-Talley, Dear Senator Saldaña, Please join me in signing a letter demanding justice for Rainier Court tenants. As I mentioned at the City Council briefing on Monday, my office, Be:Seattle, and the Tenants Union stood with Rainier Court Tenants at a rally Wednesday of […]

Wednesday, October 12th, 2021 NEWS RELEASE Councilmember Kshama Sawant   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021 Contact: Dana Robinson Slote, Council Communications, 206-423-3220 Councilmember Sawant Unveils Legislation Requiring Contractors to Pay 100% Of Construction Worker Parking Costs,  Calls for Swift Adoption by City Council  Sawant congratulates union carpenters for ‘raising the prominence of the […]

Logan Swan – Ironworkers Local 86 My union already has paid parking in our contract, but legislation like this takes it off the negotiating table so we can focus on improved pay and benefits. All unions should support initiatives like this, that benefit all workers, because a rising tide lifts all boats and this will […]

Below is a list of proposed amendments to next year’s Seattle City budget from the People’s Budget 2021 campaign. Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s office sent this list to the Democratic Party Councilmembers on the City Council, urging them to join us and the People’s Budget 2021 campaign to push for the maximum possible progressive gains for […]

Tuesday September 21, 2021 Dear Executive Secretary Treasurer Shapiro and elected officers of the Western Washington Carpenters Union, I am writing to you in solidarity with the courageous strike action taken by union carpenters in their struggle for a fair contract, demanding fully-paid parking, fully-funded benefits, family-supporting wages, improved protections against harassment, and a three-year […]

Sister Kshama Sawant, As rank and file Western Washington Union Carpenters currently on strike for a fair contract, we appreciate the solidarity you have publicly expressed with us through your first letter on September 6 and another on September 17. We especially value a union sister elected representative standing steadfastly with us, even in the […]