Jim McMahan

Seattle protesters challenge polluters

Two thousand people marched in Seattle after a big downtown rally on Sept. 21.  Protesting coal ports and oil trains,…

September 23, 2014

Seattle campaign wins phased-in $15 minimum wage

On June 2, the Seattle City Council passed a $15-minimum-wage law. In the council chambers, supporters from across the labor…

June 13, 2014

Washington State: Were the mudslide deaths inevitable?

Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy brought devastation that was not solely from natural causes, as was reported at the time in…

April 3, 2014

Immigrant workers strike against repression

Tacoma, Wash. — Immigrant workers imprisoned in the Northwest Detention Center here launched a hunger strike on March 6. As…

March 21, 2014

Boeing gets its contract — but by narrowest margin

Seattle — Workers in the Machinists union, District Local 751, expressed shock and disbelief at their main union hall here…

January 8, 2014

Demonstrators demand freedom for Nestora Salgado

Demonstrators demanded freedom for Nestora Salgado, an Indigenous Mexican leader, at a protest at the Mexican Consulate in Seattle on…

December 20, 2013

Boeing in shock as Machinists turn down contract 2 to1

Seattle -- A two-to-one “no” vote by the 31,000 members of Machinists District 751 (IAM) rejected Boeing's attempt to ram…

November 18, 2013

Low-wage workers battle for justice in the fields

Seattle -- The migrant farmworker organization Familias Unidas por la Justicia (Families United for Justice) has been fighting for the…

October 4, 2013

Farmworkers demand dignity

Nearly 200 strawberry pickers went on strike for six days, beginning on July 11, against Sakuma Brothers Farms near Burlington,…

July 25, 2013

Seattle: ‘No coal port on Native lands’

Demonstrators and supporters from the Native environmental and justice organization, Idle No More, marched 3.8 miles and rallied at SSA…

March 30, 2013