🚨 Starbucks baristas are officially on strike 🚨 It's on us to stand with baristas who are fighting for an industry-changing first contract by not buying Starbucks for the duration of the strike. #NoContractNoCoffee

Congratulations to Seattle’s next Mayor, @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social! The Labor Movement looks forward to partnering with you to build a better city to live, work, and raise a family.

On #VeteransDay, we pay tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s veterans.

Today, MLK Labor Executive Secretary-Treasurer Katie Garrow was named a co-chair of County Executive-elect Girmay Zahilay's transition team. We're honored to have the privilege to help ensure working families are well-represented in the incoming administration. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Last night, MLK Labor Political Director Corina Yballa was honored with the Distinguished Labor Studies Award by the UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies. Congratulations, Corina, on your award-winning work! 🏆

Join us for our Annual Meet the Winners Celebration at the November Delegates Meeting 🎉 Meet the Winners celebrates labor's political work in King County over the past year. Let's have some fun! 📆 November 19 ⏱️ 6 pm 📍 Seattle Labor Temple

Congratulations to King County's next Executive, Girmay Zahilay! We appreciate you centering the needs of working families in your campaign and are excited to get to work building a more resilient and equitable county.

Workers at Sound Transit continue to fight for their first contract with PROTEC17 and today they showed up in force at the ST Executive Board Meeting. It is time for Sound Transit to bargain in good faith and offer workers a fair contract.

🚨 Starbucks workers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a massive strike at more than 650 stores. If forced, baristas will begin the strike on Nov 13 — Red Cup Day. You better believe we'll be on the picket line with them! @sbworkersunited.org

It's Election Day in King County! 🗳️ ⏱️ Ballots are due by 8 pm 📮 Use an official ballot drop box if you're voting today ✅ Head to MLKLabor.org/endorsements to see who delegates endorsed on your ballot. Our vote is our power!

AMAZING turnout for our final Labor Neighbor canvass in Des Moines today with the @wslc.bsky.social! 🎊 Union members are energized and ready to elect pro-worker candidates across King County. If you haven’t already, remember to return your ballot by 8 pm on Tuesday. 🗳️

Our FINAL Labor Neighbor canvass of the year is coming up tomorrow! ✊ Join us and the @wslc.bsky.social to hit the doors for @edwinobras.bsky.social and MLK Labor-endorsed local candidates.

Hey Seattle union members! 📣 It's the final weekend before Election Day and we can't leave any door unknocked. Join us Saturday morning at Othello Playground to support Erika Evans, Dionne Foster & Alexis Mercedes Rinck. Let's make it HUGE 👻

It's GOTV weekend and we're kicking it off Saturday morning in Issaquah with the @wslc.bsky.social! Let's elect Labor's A-Team: Victoria Hunt (State Senate) and Lindsey Walsh (Issaquah Mayor). Meet at Confluence Park at 11 am to get started!

We share @teamsters117.bsky.social and the Drivers Union's concerns over unleashing Waymo's driverless cars onto the streets of Seattle. Our roads are already too crowded and dangerous. We should not be subjected to this risky corporate experiment. www.king5.com/article/news...

MLK Labor has joined more than two dozen unions in endorsing our guy, @girmayzahilay.bsky.social, for King County Executive. We're voting for Girmay because he will always fight for working families.

Incredible canvass this morning in Kent! Union members are putting in WORK to elect candidates who will fight for working families! @wslc.bsky.social

Join us for some Halloween-themed door-knocking for MLK Labor-endorsed Seattle candidates this Sunday! 🎃 Don't worry, we won't be canvassing any haunted houses... 👻

We're back at it this Saturday! ✊ 🚪 Join us, @wslc.bsky.social, and @seiu6.bsky.social to knock doors for Edwin Obras and MLK Labor-endorsed in Kent. Meet at West Fenwick Park at 11 am. Open to all union members.

Despite what Councilmember Nelson says, Dionne Foster is one of the most qualified first-time Seattle City Council candidates in years. www.thestranger.com/guest-editor...

Election day is just 2️⃣ weeks away! See who MLK Labor delegates endorsed on your ballot. 🗳️ www.mlklabor.org/endorsements/

THANK YOU to everyone who joined us at our Seattle canvass this morning! Ballots are due in less than three weeks. Head over to mlklabor.org/endorsements to see who labor endorsed on your ballot.

SEIU brought the energy for this morning's Labor Neighbor canvass in Kent 🔥 @wslc.bsky.social @seiu1199nw.bsky.social @seiu775.org

Let's make it a Sunday Funday! 🎉 Join us to knock doors for Dionne Foster, Alexis Merdedes Rinck, and Erika Evans on October 19 at 11 am. Meet at City View Park in West Seattle.

Join us this Saturday, October 18, at 11 am for a Labor Neighbor supporting Edwin Obras (LD 33) and Labor-endorsed candidates in Kent! Meet at SEIU Healthcare 1199NW, 19823 58th Pl S., Kent.

The Labor Community is proud to support this Saturday's NO KINGS rallies in Seattle and across the region. This is a peaceful day of mass mobilization against the rising authoritarianism and corruption of the Trump administration. Find an event near you: mobilize.us/nokings

Today, we honor #IndigenousPeoplesDay by recognizing the strength, wisdom, and resistance of Native communities. The labor movement stands in solidarity with Indigenous workers who continue to fight for sovereignty, justice, and dignity.

Another great canvass in Renton today with special guest, @mikeforrenton.bsky.social 💪

There's no better way to celebrate a Mariners win than knocking doors to support Labor-endorsed local candidates! Thanks to everyone who joined us this morning in Tukwila! We're back at it tomorrow at 3 pm at Liberty Park in Renton.

Farm workers at Windmill Farms organized with @ufw.bsky.social over 3 years ago, yet the company refuses to recognize their union. We will have these workers' backs for as long as it takes to get them a fair contract. You can sign their petition here: act.seiu.org/a/windmill_i...

This SATURDAY & SUNDAY there are Player's Choice canvasses to support Labor-endorsed candidates in SeaTac, Renton, and Tukwila. ✊ 🎊 YOU get to choose who to knock doors for! Find the full details at mlklabor.org/canvass

It was great to spend some time with @girmayzahilay.bsky.social in Kent today to hear his vision for how King County can support the needs of working families. 🏘️

Despite years of union busting, store closures, and layoffs, @sbworkersunited.org continues their historic fight to change their industry. Starbucks will not turn around the company until it comes to the table with the 12,000 unionized baristas to reach a fair contract.

Executive Secretary-Treasurer Katie Garrow recently delivered the keynote address at UFCW 1518’s annual conference in Vancouver, BC. She spoke about how King County unions are defending immigrant workers and fighting against the billionaire takeover of our government.

King County Unions condemn the recent threats to Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and reaffirm our right to nonviolent protest. www.mlklabor.org/news/king-co...

Join us and the @wslc.bsky.social for a canvass this Sunday in Maple Valley to support Labor-endorsed candidate Victoria Hunt. Open to ALL union members. Meet at Tahoma Skate Park in Maple Valley.

The reckless decisions from the Trump Administration are killing thousands of good, union jobs in Washington State and across the country.

It was an honor to join the Drivers Union for their annual Voices for Fairness event this afternoon. This event celebrated the many accomplishments of app-based drivers and their communities in the past year. 🎉

Join Starbucks workers this MONDAY for a protest and rally at the company headquarters. @sbworkersunited.org is fighting back against the announced layoffs and store closures, including two unionized locations in Seattle. Let's make it BIG!! ✊☕️

The Trump administration would rather shut down our government than address the looming health care crisis. Working families cannot afford a 114% spike in health insurance costs. It's time to fix this crisis and fund the government. @aflcio.org

Seattle Children's nurses deserve a fair contract, and you better believe they're going to win. @wsna.bsky.social

Last week, @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social announced it would close and lay off 9 union journalists, despite paying its CEO >$500k. This shortsighted move is a major blow to local journalism. If this upsets you too, send a letter to Cascade PBS executives: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning for the first Labor Neighbor canvass of the general election season! We have canvasses for union members every weekend until election day. Find one near you: www.mlklabor.org/featured/202...

Seattle Children's nurses have an informational picket Tuesday to demand fair wages, dedicated break nurses, and protection from workplace violence. Children's has refused to offer nurses a fair contract and hired a prominent anti-union law firm. Come show your support! 🪧

Starbucks' $100 million CEO continues to double down on a failed top-down strategy, disregarding the input of baristas who serve customers every day. www.seattletimes.com/business/sta...

Join us this Saturday at 11 am for a Labor Neighbor event to support @edwinobras.bsky.social and MLK Labor-endorsed Burien candidates. This canvass is open to all union members. Meet at Lakeview Park, 422 SW 160th St, Burien.

King County Executive Braddock's proposed budget makes critical investments in the services working families rely on. We look forward to working with the County Council to develop a final budget that prioritizes good jobs and essential services.

KIRO-7 photojournalists put themselves in dangerous situations to bring us breaking news. Now they need our help to fight back against KIRO's proposed staff cuts and raises that won't keep up with inflation. ✊ TAKE A STAND and sign their petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

After years of bargaining, 12,000+ unionized baristas still don't have a contract. It's time for Starbucks and its $100M CEO to do the right thing and get a deal done. The Labor Community stands with @sbworkersunited.org and will do what it takes to help them win a fair contract.

Today, @ufcw_3000 held a town hall to talk about access to fresh and affordable groceries. This comes after Kroger announced that four Fred Meyer stores across our region would be shutting down. Grocery workers refuse to accept that these corporate decisions are inevitable.