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The Seattle City Council voted unanimously to expand labor rights for most gig and app-based workers by giving them paid sick and safe leave. … Read More

On Tuesday, Seattle became the first jurisdiction in the country to create permanent paid sick and safe time (PSST) benefits for gig workers. Gig workers are independent contractors, like app-based food delivery workers. The ordinance was passed unanimously by Seattle City Council members. … Read More

The Seattle City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to permanently give most gig workers paid sick leave and paid safe time, the latest in the expansion of labor rights for app-based workers, and the first statute of its kind nationally. … Read More

The Seattle City Council today unanimously approved rules providing paid sick leave for food-delivery and other on-demand, app-based gig economy workers. The city appears to be the first in the nation to permanently ensure these protections. … Read More

The Seattle City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to mandate paid sick and safe time for gig workers operating in the city. The law makes Seattle the first city in the nation to provide such benefits for app-based workers, according to the National Employment Law Project. … Read More

Today Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide) and Mayor Bruce Harrell lauded the creation of permanent paid sick and safe time (PSST) benefits for app-based workers. The City Council passed Council Bill 120514 by a unanimous 9-0 vote this afternoon, making Seattle the first jurisdiction in the country to create these types of benefits on a permanent basis for gig workers. … Read More

Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda is proposing an ordinance that would create a permanent policy for app-based workers to accrue and use paid sick time off. … Read More

D'Vonne Pickett Jr. was killed in October outside his Central District business, The Postman. He left behind a wife, three kids, and many other family members. … Read More

City of Seattle at-large Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda announced in early February that she will run for King County Council District 8, following the departure of current Councilmember Joe McDermott. The West Seattle resident is currently serving her sixth year in office and is the City Council’s Budget Chair. In a press release sent out from her team, Mosqueda showed a passion for solving problems around behavioral health, public health, housing, displacement, affordable childcare, accessible transit, and job opportunities, “to improve … Read More