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SEATTLE (June 17, 2021) – Following the 2020 passage of Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan’s “Fare Share” proposal, the City of Seattle announced the launch of the first in the nation Driver Resolution Center (DRC). The Driver’s Union will provide representation to drivers in arbitration hearings and outreach and education on driver’s rights, including those granted by the TNC Driver Deactivation Rights Ordinance (DRO), Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) 14.32. The Drivers Union was selected through a Request for Proposals process that was announced in March. The contract for $5 million will be for 18-months from July 1, 2021 to December … Read More

Seattle will have employers continuing to shell out hazard pay for grocery store workers as Washington contends with more pandemic worries. Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda, who chairs the city's Housing and Finance committees, made the call on Monday to delay a vote on ending hazard pay the council passed in January. The vote would have ended the extra $4 more per hour for grocery store employees working on the frontlines but retain most public health rules like the availability … Read More

Seattle City Council Position 8 Incumbent Teresa Mosqueda held her lead in the primary race for Seattle City Council Position 8 after another round of ballots were counted Friday. Mosqueda has 59% of the vote. Trailing is Kenneth Wilson with 17% of the vote, followed by Kate Martin with 12% of the vote. Mosqueda was elected to the council in 2017 as a first-time candidate with nearly 60% of the vote. … Read More

Tuesday night’s primary results show a competitive race shaping up for one of two citywide Seattle City Council seats in the Nov. 2 general election. In the race for Position 8, council incumbent Teresa Mosqueda is headed for the general election with nearly 55% of Tuesday’s vote count, an expected outcome given her fundraising advantage over her lesser-known competitors. The other citywide position, vacated by council President M. Lorena González in her run for mayor, yielded a more competitive split between Sara Nelson and Nikkita Oliver, with 42% and … Read More

Overconfident punditry is a dangerous game, but I’m calling the general election now. Lorena González will be Seattle’s next mayor and Nikkita Oliver will be joining the Seattle City Council. What did we learn about Seattle’s electorate on primary night? The simplest race to interpret is Seattle City Council Position 8, where incumbent Teresa Mosqueda took 55% of the vote. Mosqueda is undeniably effective, progressive and — I know we’re not supposed to say this about female politicians, but it’s … Read More

SEATTLE — Incumbent Teresa Mosqueda leads the primary race for the Seattle City Council Position 8. Mosqueda has 57% of the votes as of Thursday afternoon. Trailing is Kenneth Wilson with 18% of the vote, followed by Kate Martin. A total of 10 candidates faced off in the primary election for the at-large position on the council. The top two primary candidates advance to the general election in November. Mosqueda raised at least $176,000 in donations and Democracy vouchers, well … Read More

With ballots beginning to arrive, new polling numbers for Seattle’s two at-large city council races paint a picture of how both races are beginning to play out. Former, current council presidents lead polling in race for Seattle mayor Between Monday, July 12, and Thursday, July 15, the Northwest Progressive Institute (NPI) collected online surveys from 617 voters, asking who they planned to vote for in August’s primary election. For those who said they were undecided, they were then asked who … Read More

SEATTLE, June 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Teamsters celebrated the announcement of a $3.4 million settlement agreement with Uber over alleged violations of the City's groundbreaking Gig Worker Paid Sick and Safe Time Ordinance. Over 15,000 drivers will benefit from the largest settlement agreement in the history of the Seattle Office of Labor Standards. "When I needed to take time off work to help my wife through emergency surgery, I wasn't paid for sick days that I had earned," said Papa Diawara, an Uber driver who … Read More

The filing window for Seattle election candidates closed last Friday, with the fields for mayor, two city council seats, and city attorney now officially set. Seattle begins mailing out democracy vouchers Neither the race for Seattle mayor nor city council position 9 will feature an incumbent candidate. Meanwhile, both City Attorney Pete Holmes and at-large Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda are both running for reelection.   Mayor With Mayor Jenny Durkan not seeking reelection, the race to replace her features the most … Read More