Friday, August 12, 2022 Greetings Kyla and Jeff Liboon: As President of SEIU Local 925, our state’s largest childcare union, I am appalled by your recent firing of a group of early learning teachers who approached you about their intentions to form a union. The teachers at MightyKidz are actively engaged in organizing their union […]
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August 12, 2022January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
My Letter to Seattle-Area Elected Representatives on MightyKidz Struggle
Thursday August 11, 2022 Dear Seattle-area elected representatives, I am writing to urge you to publicly support the teachers at the MightyKidz Childcare Center in Magnolia. The teachers are fighting for a union, and for better wages and working conditions. They courageously went on strike earlier this week. Rather than address the teachers’ concerns, the […]
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August 12, 2022January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
My Letter to Seattle Labor Leaders on MightyKidz Struggle
Thursday August 11, 2022 Dear elected leaders in Seattle’s labor movement, I am writing to urge you to stand publicly in solidarity with the teachers at the MightyKidz Childcare Center in Magnolia. The teachers are fighting for a union, and for better wages and working conditions. They courageously went on strike earlier this week. Rather […]
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August 10, 2022January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
My letter to the bosses of MightyKidz childcare center, demanding immediate reinstatement of all teachers unjustly fired for union organizing!
August 10, 2022 To MightyKidz Director of Operations Kristin Brown and owners Kyla and Jeff Liboon: I am shocked and outraged to hear of your recent mass firing of at least 10 teachers at MightyKidz, in response to their efforts to unionize and improve conditions for themselves and the children they teach. These firings are […]
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August 2, 2022January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant, News Releases, Sawant
Councilmember Sawant’s Statement While Voting ‘NO’ on Ending the $4/hour Grocery Worker Pandemic Hazard Pay
“As the BA.5 Covid variant surges, and as inflation stretches workers’ paychecks to the breaking point, Mayor Harrell, big business, and the City Council Democrats have shamefully cut grocery workers’ wages by $4/hour. Grocery workers and all frontline workers have made incredible sacrifices during the pandemic, and they deserve a raise, not a pay cut!”...
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July 26, 2022January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant, News Releases, Sawant
Sawant & Activists Celebrate Victory for Seattle Abortion Rights Sanctuary Legislation
“If this legislation passes in Seattle alone, it will have a vital impact on protecting many women and LGBTQ people. However, if winning it here can help it spread to other cities and states, the impact could be truly profound. If half the states in the nation refuse to extradite people under investigation for breaking...
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July 5, 2022January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
In Your Own Words: Community Members Speak in Support of Making Seattle an Abortion Rights Sanctuary City!
Below are answers we received from working people and community members who signed Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s petition to make Seattle an abortion rights sanctuary city! Sign the petition now: https://forms.gle/ijiBv87ovbmCcKZ56 In your own words, why should Seattle be an abortion rights sanctuary city and also fund free abortions for all Seattle residents and anyone fleeing […]
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June 24, 2022January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
PRESS RELEASE: Abortion Rights Sanctuary City Legislation
June 24, 2022 Councilmember Sawant & Community Supporters Will Introduce Abortion Rights Sanctuary City Legislation, Urge WA State Legislature to Also Act “We must make Seattle a sanctuary for pregnant people and their doctors and other care providers facing persecution for getting and performing abortions. Let anyone threatened by draconian anti-abortion laws come to Seattle […]
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May 8, 2022January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
Defend Roe v. Wade Resolution
On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, my office will move a City Council resolution in support of abortion rights and other reproductive rights, and a grassroots movement to defend Roe v. Wade. Read our proposed resolution below: A RESOLUTION in support of abortion rights and other reproductive rights, in opposition to the U.S. Supreme Court draft […]
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May 3, 2022January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
My Speech at the May 3rd, 2022 Rally to Defend Roe V. Wade
Tuesday May 3rd, 2022 Sisters, brothers, siblings We are facing the single biggest attack on women and reproductive rights in most of our lifetimes And this right-wing supreme court has also given every indication that if they succeed, if we allow them to succeed, in eliminating Roe V Wade, they plan to carry out draconian […]