Message from King County Labor Council

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

There are two important actions on Wednesday, June 10th your help is needed on.

The first is to support the Amazon security workers who’ve been battling the huge corporation to demand fair treatment, an end to retaliation for union activity, an end to discrimination and – of course – the right to union recognition and decent wages and working conditions.

The workers are organizing with SEIU Local 6. They’ve joined forces with Teamsters Local 117, Transit Riders Union, Tenants Union of Washington, Working Washington and others to let Amazon shareholders know that Seattle demands responsible behavior from our corporate tenants.  Please join us:

Amazon shareholders meeting, Wednesday, June 10th, 8:00 – 10:00 am

Seattle Repertory Theatre, 155 Mercer, at 2nd Avenue N

Demand Good Jobs, Public Transit, Affordable Housing, Diverse Workforce

 Later that day, we’ll join Familias Unidas por Justicia to tell PCC that they should stop selling Driscoll berries until Driscoll stops buying their berries from Sakuma Brothers.Farmworkers at Sakuma Brothers Farms in Burlington are demanding fair treatment, decent working conditions and the right to their union.

For over a year they’ve been working to get union recognition and a union contract. They’ve taken job actions including strikes, and built a base of community support. Sakuma Brothers tried to replace them with 438 H-2A immigrants, pretending that labor wasn’t available, but was forced to back down. The workers are asking for a boycott of Sakuma Brothers berries, a boycott endorsed by the Washington State Labor Council.

 Tell PCC: No Driscoll berries!

Wednesday, June 10th, 5:30-7:00 pm

PCC Fremont, 600 N 34th Street

(Just north of the Fremont Bridge & west of Fremont Avenue)

Please come to one or both actions – and wear your union colors!

In solidarity,

MLKCLC Mobilization Committee