A worker's perspective on politics and the restaurant industry.
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FSWA retweeted
May 31
If you need an example of how the mainstream Seattle media is in collusion with the SEIU and Working Washington, here is a receipt.
In 2016 King 5 lead the evening news with a piece about the FSWA pushing back on Working Washingon/SEIU and the restrictive scheduling policy they were pushing through the city council.
The next morning, King 5 editor, Russ Walker, pulled the piece and put up a redaction with a picture of Ed Murray. Minutes later, Russ tweeted at Working Washington:
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May 23
Well, this sucks. Thanks @MayorofSeattle , @DavidMRolf and the @SeattleCouncil You guys are hitting it out of the park...literally.
May 22
WARN NOTICE - WASHINGTON 🇺🇸
Republic National Distributing Company, LLC will permanently close 4 Washington sites, affecting 267 employees on July 17, 2026.
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May 6
Let tipped workers make money the way they know best! Mandating minimum wage floors kills tipping culture and merit based work.
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May 5
The next time anyone says we need to raise the federal minimum wage, remember that only 1% of all wage earners make $7.25.
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FSWA retweeted
May 1
@virginiafoxx @EdWorkforceCmte Today, May Day, can we get a win for workers and whip up some anti-syndicalism legislation? Maybe lean into Taft-Hartley a bit and remind legislators like @WhipKClark that she works for the people and not the unions?
May 1
House Democrats are standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the labor movement as we fight back against Trump’s anti-worker agenda.
This #MayDay, I asked a few of my friends what “solidarity” means to them.
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Here's why it does not make sense 👇
I co-introduced historic legislation to increase the minimum wage to $25.
As someone who taught economics at Stanford, here is why it makes sense.
The real minimum wage was $14 in 1968.
Today it is half, but productivity has increased 2.5x.
Instead of extractive capitalism, we need a free enterprise system that pays workers what they are worth.
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Apr 30
In merit-based work—especially in the service industry and tipped roles—tips and repeat customers are direct, real-time signals of performance.
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Apr 29
Raising the minimum wage sounds fair until restaurants cut shifts and servers lose tips. Good intentions can mean less pay for tipped workers.
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Apr 28
Blanket wage hikes ignore industry realities. Tipped jobs rely on flexible hours and tip income; one-size-fits-all mandates risk closures and layoffs.
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Apr 25
This article is probably 10 weeks ahead of your thinking. Read it.
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Apr 24
Most people think raising wages helps service workers.
But in full-service restaurants, it often means:
• Fewer hours
• More tip pooling
• Higher service charges
The result? Workers take home less.
It’s time to listen to the people actually doing the job.
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FSWA retweeted
Apr 13
Interesting Berkeley did the same study… That showed that raising the minimum wage in Washington state resulted in increase hourly rate, but decreased hours… Resulting in a -$125 per month for low wage workers…
I work for an inventory service for 15 years, every time we had minimum wage increases, we had to charge higher rates after contract renewals
It is a legit real thing… Corporations are not gonna eat that cost they’re gonna pass it on one way or another
This is legitimately common sense
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Apr 17
Food carts are allowed to create havoc with legit small businesses. This isn't an accident.
Apr 17
More business owners are speaking out about the illegal (and disgusting) food carts in King County:
"It needs to stop. The Health Department needs to correlate with the Police Department. The Police Department needs to correlate with the Business License Department. If you don't have a business license, you should not be operating a business."
King County Public Health is now (gasp!) enforcing food safety laws and has begun shutting these E.coli factories down. Interestingly enough, public health officials also admit that these vendors have no interest in becoming legit or even safe.
@DavidRoseFOX13 | @fox13seattle
'King County cracks down on illegal food vendors over safety concerns'
Article: fox13seattle.com/news/seattl…
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Apr 17
Have your hours been cut in the last year?
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FSWA retweeted
Apr 16
There is a difference between social safety nets and socialist economic policy.
Mandated wage hikes don't create opportunity, they kill it. Fewer hours. Fewer hires. Fewer small businesses surviving.
The fastest way to shut the door on the next generation of workers is to price them out of their first job.
#EconomicFreedom #SmallBusiness #WageMandate
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FSWA retweeted
The SEIU is one of the greatest threats to American workers and prosperity. Mandating minimum wage hikes will kill those jobs.
Park Avenue is beautiful. But who paints the walls? Who takes out the trash? Who keeps the heat on and the elevators running?
34,000 doormen, porters, supers, and building workers sustain not just Park Avenue - but 3,500 buildings across this city.
The gap between the people who serve and the people they serve has gone on long enough.
I stood with NYSNA nurses on the picket line, and I'll be standing with 32BJ too - because the working people who power New York deserve better wages and safer conditions.
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