RT @civicskunkworks: What kind of an ignoramus do you have to be to want to LOWER the minimum wage? https://t.co/WFR2XbJRue
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Progressive Tax Reform
July 15, 2019
Appeals Court Rules Seattle Can Have Income Tax
Supreme Court Will Rule on Progressive Taxation
Mass unemployment — the historic kind, with unemployment benefit, and idle workers on street corners — has been replaced by low-paid, part-time, "gig economy" or "zero-hours" contract work. https://t.co/mwIEvp3b9d
July 15, 2019
State Court of Appeals rules Seattle’s wealth tax is unconstitutional, but gives cities new leeway
The Seattle Times
We cannot talk about homelessness without acknowledging rent prices have exploded over the past five years. We cannot claim we “don’t have a homeless crisis” when we have more than 11,000 people living on the streets, many of whom are children. https://t.co/kqWLYgz6YC
A Fair Deal at Work
July 19, 2019
What’s Happening With Wages in Washington
Why most workers won’t be ready for the next (inevitable) recession
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Progressive Tax Reform
July 15, 2019
Appeals Court Rules Seattle Can Have Income Tax
Supreme Court Will Rule on Progressive Taxation
EOI
July 10, 2019
Introducing Our 2019 Floyd Jones Fellows
The fellowship is a graduate-level policy position within EOI
Paid Family and Medical Leave
July 3, 2019
West Coast Sweep
Two Big Steps Closer to Paid Family and Medical Leave
Column
June 27, 2019
When the U.S. Used Lobotomies to Create Gay Auschwitz
What our justice system is doing to migrant children, it used to do to queer people
Progressive Tax Reform
June 6, 2019
Seattle’s Income Tax on the Wealthy in the Court of Appeals
It's one more step in the court case's path to the state supreme court
A Fair Deal at Work
June 5, 2019
Washington to Raise the Overtime Salary Threshold
This means more money and benefits for 400,000 residents
Research Feed
A Fair Deal at Work
What’s Happening With Wages in Washington
Why most workers won’t be ready for the next (inevitable) recession
State of Working Washington
The Demographics of Washington’s Workers
How age, diversity and education are changing the state's workforce
State of Working Washington
Tax Incentives for Washington Corporations
Companies Like Amazon Receive Millions in Benefits, But Cut Jobs and Pay No Taxes