Jim McMahan

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

Seattle resisters released

Seattle  — On Feb. 28, anti-corporate activists Katherine “Kteeo” Olejnik and Matthew Duran were released from the Sea-Tac Federal Detention Center…

March 7, 2013

Walmart workers gear up for ‘Black Friday’

Federal Way, Wash. — Walmart workers walked out at four Seattle-area Walmart stores on Nov. 15 against low pay and anti-worker…

November 20, 2012