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The “Seattle Process” is how we got a Seattle $15 minimum wage “without a fight”

Chris Burlingame — Tue, 13 May 2014 19:35:09 +0000

Businessweek has a fascinating story about how Ed Murray’s recent proposal to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour came to be. I think it understates the importance of Ksama Sawant’s election to the city council and her effect at setting the tone and terms of debate (she’s not even mentioned), but it’s … Continue reading →

Op-Ed: The Minimum Wage: Putting Some Myths to Rest, by Kshama Sawant

Guest Contributor — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:14:16 +0000

"As in every previous discussion of raising the minimum wage, it has been asserted that such a move would increase unemployment, be harmful to the most underprivileged workers, bad for small businesses, and indeed, disastrous for the wider economy. In this same narrative, low-wage jobs are stepping stones, and hard work and higher education are reliable paths to middle-class employment."

ABC Voters (“Anyone But Conlin”) Can Now Choose Between Carver and Sawant

Michael van Baker — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:28:47 +0000

With the deadline for a declaration of candidacy approaching on May 17, Brian Carver, "a 33-year-old Kindle product director at Amazon.com," has joined Kshama Sawant in the race to oust Richard Conlin, reports The Stranger's Cienna Madrid. Conlin, who holds a Master's in political science, was first elected to the Council in 1997, and has since then worked to legalize miniature goats and ban plastic bags at grocery stores.

Op-Ed: Frank Chopp to Try to Defend State Democrats’ Craven Retreat on Progressive Issues to Actual Progressive

Michael van Baker — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:51:03 +0000

Laissez-whatevs state law allows a candidate to, you know, go with the flow in terms of the voting public's captious inclinations, so Sawant, issuing press releases at every juncture, has finally ended up with a debate scheduled against Chopp tonight while Pedersen gets to sit at home with the kids watching Matthew Perry in Go On. (Tonight he plays hockey!)