The Worker Bill of Rights is the fourth initiative from Envision Spokane, now operating under Envision Worker Rights, to qualify for the ballot. It would…
The Spokesman-Review: Recognize workers’ rights
While The Spokesman-Review got it right that all qualifying citizens’ initiatives should make it onto the ballot, the editorial board continues to get it wrong…
Press Release: People of Spokane to Vote on Worker Bill of Rights
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON: Judge Salvatore Cozza from the Spokane County Superior denied a preliminary injunction brought by the Mayor of Spokane to block the vote of…
August Update: Chomsky, Hedges, Unions Endorse Worker Bill of Rights
Learn the latest news on Spokane, WA's, Worker Bill of Rights, read Community Rights Paper #5 on Citizens United, and join us for the launching…
Inlander: Envision Spokane fires back against mayor’s legal challenge
CELDF assists Envision Spokane in asking a judge to dismiss efforts to keep the people's Worker Bill of Rights off the ballot. Spokane, WA's, mayor…
The Spokesman-Review: People, not city, should vote on workers’ bill of rights
As the City of Spokane sues its own citizens in an attempt to keep a Worker Bill of Rights off the ballot, this opinion piece…
Inlander: City of Spokane wants Worker Bill of Rights initiative off ballot, files suit
The city of Spokane attempts to keep the people of Spokane from voting on their own Worker Bill of Rights, filing a lawsuit to block…
Envision Worker Rights Media Statement: City Files Legal Challenge to Block the Democratic Rights of Voters
Despite the constitutional right of Spokane, WA, citizens to vote on their own Worker Bill of Rights, the City of Spokane files suit in an…
The Spokesman-Review: Workers Bill of Rights proposal qualifies for Spokane ballot
Spokane, WA, residents successfully place a Worker Bill of Rights initiative on the November ballot. The city council is working to place advisory questions on…
Dissident Voice: The Future is in the Past: Economics 101 for Spokane
An in-depth look at Spokane, WA, its economy, and what sustainable and just would mean to the almost 40,000 people living in poverty. This includes…
Dissident Voice: The Future is in the Past: Economics 101 for Spokane
An in-depth look at Spokane, WA, its economy, and what sustainable and just would mean to the almost 40,000 people living in poverty. This includes…
The Spokesman-Review: Envision Spokane initiative would add workers’ rights to city charter
Envision Spokane - a community, rights-based organization in Spokane, WA - is advancing a Worker's Bill of Rights for the November 2015 ballot that would…
Inlander: Envision Spokane files new Worker Bill of Rights initiative
Envision Spokane advances a CELDF-drafted Worker's Bill of Rights to protect workers' rights to a living wage, and three other key provisions.
CELDF Statement: Spokane Initiative Decision
In the face of corporations and government joining together to suppress the democratic rights of the people of Spokane, WA, to vote on a Community…
CELDF Statement: Spokane Initiative Decision
In the face of corporations and government joining together to suppress the democratic rights of the people of Spokane, WA, to vote on a Community…
CELDF Statement: Spokane Initiative Appellate Court Decision
In the face of corporations and government joining together to suppress the democratic rights of the people of Spokane, WA, to vote on a Community…
The Spokesman-Review: Court orders initiative vote
The Washington State Appellate Court ruled in favor of a Community Rights initiative that had been kept off the ballot by local corporate and government…
Truthout: ALEC Forces the Question: Will Labor Really Go Local?
While ALEC and other pro-corporate entities attempt to decrease worker rights,CELDF partners in Colorado and Spokane, WA, begin working on Community Bills of Rights to…
Truthout: ALEC Forces the Question: Will Labor Really Go Local?
While ALEC and other pro-corporate entities attempt to decrease worker rights,CELDF partners in Colorado and Spokane, WA, begin working on Community Bills of Rights to…
Spokane
In 2007, after a series of Democracy Schools held in Spokane, Washington, a group of citizens led by local school teacher Brad Read built a…
The Western Front: Frontline – Support a Community Bill of Rights
Western University students in Bellingham, WA, call on their peers to launch a Community Bill of Rights initiative in Bellingham.
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