Workers United

Anakbayan UW

Legacy of Equality Leadership and Organizing

LELO: A nonprofit dedicated to supporting trade work and those who pursue it while also providing services for low-income and people of color.

Massage Parlor Outreach Project

“I worked with MPOP (Massage Parlor Outreach Project), a grassroots organization working to support Asian migrant massage workers and sex workers in Seattle.

As part of my internship, I created Know Your Rights resources on police raids of massage parlors (best practices before, during, and after raids).

We were also able to have a lawyer in attendance to answer any questions, as well as an organizer involved in stripper and sex worker rights.

I also created ten KYR cards in English and Mandarin as a way for non-English speaking Mandarin speakers to assert their rights by showing the cards to police in any potential encounters. “

Massage Parlor Outreach Project

MPOP) Massage Parlor Outreach Project is a grassroots organization based in the Chinatown-ID that supports the needs of migrant Chinese massage workers.

“I am a Political Science major, double minoring in Labor Studies and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, and this is my second year interning as a research and organizing intern with MPOP. “

PROTEC17

“I interned at Protec17 for 2 quarters. They are a professional and technical workers union that represent public sector workers in many different cities and counties across Washington state. During my internship the recent City of Seattle contract was ratified and other campaigns progressed. I am a Junior Political Science Major who believes union and labor knowledge is a big factor in social activism and progress. “

UW Bothell Labor Colloquium

Leiney Gamache (she/her) is a junior at the University of Washington Bothell majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies of Social Sciences. In her work with the Colloquium, Leiney is currently researching existing opportunities for undergraduate students to get involved with labor organizing in the Bothell area as well as working to create new avenues for student participation in labor organizing.

UAW 4121

UAW Local 4121 represents Academic Student Employees (ASEs), Postdoctoral Scholars, and Research Scientists and Engineers (RSEs) at UW.

“I got to work a lot with their Contract Enforcement team, working to keep UW to the contract and respecting the negotiated rights of our members. I was also involved in the bargaining of the new ASE contract, I’m happy to say it passed a delivered a 36% raise to our salaried ASEs and an 18% raise to hourly ASEs, and it feels really good to report back to members and explain all the things our union has been able to win for our members. “

WA State Rainbow Coalition Research Project

“I am a third year history major currently learning crochet and love playing with my cat!”

La Resistencia

“La Resistencia is a grass root non-profit organization led by undocumented and former undocumented workers working to stop all deportations in Washington state.

I am an Army veteran, wife, and mother to two kids. As well, an Urban Studies major in Urban Development and Planning. “

Unite Here Local 8

UAW 4121

“At UAW4121 I worked on organizing and strategy for this year’s ASE contract campaign!”

Tacoma For All

“I'm an Ethnic, Gender, and Labor Studies major from the Tacoma campus. This quarter I got to work with Tacoma For All, an organization that passed the Tenant Bill of Rights as a city initiative in Tacoma in December. This initiative provided renters in Tacoma with some of the strongest protections against rent increases and evictions in the State of Washington. They are currently working on passing a similar initiative, the Workers Bill of Rights, which would raise the minimum wage in our city and provide scheduling protections for workers, among other things.”

Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance

APALA is the first and only national organization of Asian American and Pacific Islander workers.

“Hi, I am Keilani and I am a current sophomore majoring in Human Centered Design Engineering and minoring in Law, Society, and Justice!”