two weeks notice of … ~ Working Washington


We are Working Washington

Seattle’s strongest-in-the-nation secure scheduling law takes effect on July 1st — exactly two weeks from today. That means that if you work in Seattle for a large company or chain in coffee, food, or retail, you will have important new rights:

  • Two week’s notice of your schedule.
  • Predictability pay if the employer changes that schedule.
  • A right to rest — no mandatory clopening shifts.
  • Access to additional hours if you want them.
  • And more, including input into your schedule and a good-faith estimate of your hours.

We put together a page with the key information you need to understand how the law works and what your rights are. We’re asking members like you to help us test it out — and then help us spread the word far & wide.

Check it out, let us know what you think, and then help us make the page even better by asking us any questions you may have.

Whether or not you work in a job that’s directly affected by the law, you should be proud that your support is a big part of the reason that tens of thousands of fast food, coffee and retail workers in Seattle are two weeks away from a breakthrough that will change lives and set a new standard for the entire country.

And if you think that’s good news that ought to be spread far & wide, you can click here to add your thumbs-up in support.

Thanks you for everything you did to help make this happen!

Cheers,

Working Washington

Is The Hilton building a hotel on a dolphin habitat?


Petitioning Mark Nogal

Prevent Hilton from building a hotel on top of a dolphin breeding ground

Petition by PLANET REHAB
41,669
Supporters
Hilton, we’re breaking up with you, so that we can save the dolphins before it’s too late!

Hilton Hotels plans on building a large-scale Hilton Curio Botanika Resort and adjacent mega marina on top of a mangrove estuary in Costa Rica, on the Osa Peninsula. By building this resort here, they will fill in a precious river mouth and mangrove estuary degrading marine life and mangrove habitat that’s essential for the reproduction of many marine species, potentially destroying endemic dolphin breeding grounds and putting all aquatic marine life in imminent danger.

This large-scale Hilton Hotel Botanika Resort can only be stopped by an urgent appeal to the directors of Hilton Curio Worldwide, alerting them to the potential damage their project will cause in the already delicate mangrove coastal environment.

We need YOUR help to have our voices be heard, that way Hilton can hear us and know that they can still prevent this tragedy from happening. The aquatic marine life and endangered species in this region depend on your voice, so please help us today by signing this petition.

Public lands on trial


Earthjustice

Stands of spruce and aspen. (Ted Zukoski/Earthjustice)
The new fight to defend this pristine national forest—and our climate
Every time Arch Coal has tried to destroy the Sunset Roadless area they’ve been thwarted by Earthjustice and our partners. But this time Arch Coal brings a new ally: President Trump.
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The algae, caused by agricultural runoff in the Shenandoah Valley, interfere with recreational uses of the river, such as swimming, kayaking and fishing. It also harms native grasses and affects aquatic life. (Alan Lehman/Potomac Riverkeeper Network)
Who is allowing industrial manure to pollute the Shenandoah River?
State and federal authorities lack the political will to enforce the Clean Water Act. So Earthjustice and our local partners are taking the fight to court.
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Hikers explore lush cedar forests in the East Fork Bull River drainage of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness. (Katherine O’Brien/Earthjustice)
Industrial mine halted on the doorstep of last remaining grizzly bear habitat
The proposed mine would have drained some of the nation’s purest streams and jeopardized the survival of bull trout and grizzly bears.
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A greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), near Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo courtesy of Dan Dzurisin)
The last American sage grouses
To benefit dirty fuels, Secretary Zinke plans to cut protections for a threatened bird and icon of the West.
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Stars illuminate the landscape of Bears Ears National Monument. (Photo courtesy of Marc Toso)
An outdoor retailer steps into the legal arena to defend wild places
Protecting wild places and natural resources was a founding tenet of outdoor retailer Patagonia, and now environmental litigation has become a top strategy.
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“If President Trump follows Secretary Zinke’s recommendation to shrink the boundaries of these cherished lands, we will see him in court.”
— Heidi McIntosh, Earthjustice’s managing attorney in the Rocky Mountains and a public lands expert.
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