The Stranger
Teresa Mosqueda Wins City Council Seat, Now What?

"Mosqueda won the backing of basically every labor union in town. On the campaign trail, she characterized her opponent Jon Grant's proposal to open police union negotiations to the public as anti-labor. As the new council member put it in her speech Tuesday night: "In order to win in Seattle, you must stand with labor. You must stand with the labor movement. You cannot divide us." Like in the mayor's race, labor unions came out strong for Mosqueda and they helped her win" … Read More