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▲ 40 r/WashingtonIceWatch

Week ending 9/26 - 256 reports in WA, up 133%

WA community reported 256 events on iceout.org for the week ending 9/26, up 133% since last week and the highest number this year. King county experienced the most incidents at 126, while Snohomish (60), Pierce (29), and Yakima (22) also had surges in local reports.

We're experiencing a massive increase in abductions and they're getting bolder, targeting:

  • elementary schools
  • medical centers
  • farms
  • grocery stores
  • job sites
freewaproject.org
u/Relevant-Key-4578 — 19 days ago
▲ 60 r/Washington50501+1 crossposts

ICE asks contractors for 5,500 detention beds in four regions, gives industry a week to respond

ICE is attempting to grow footprint in WA.

  1. looking for more space, facility for 1500 within 30 driving miles of the field office in Tukwila, Washington.

  2. NWDC is on the acquisition list.

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federal ownership could offer a tempting legal shield, potentially insulating these high-stakes facilities from state-level crackdowns on private immigration detention.

projectsaltbox.com
u/Ok_Crazy1195 — 3 months ago
▲ 774 r/Seattle

Union hotel workers ON STRIKE at Hilton’s Embassy Suites Pioneer Square

Unionized hotel workers are now ON STRIKE at Hilton’s Embassy Suites Pioneer Square!  Local 8 members at the hotel are fighting for a new union contract that includes year-round healthcare coverage, protections from ICE, fair raises, and a return to pre-pandemic staffing levels. 

If you are a community member who wants to support Embassy Suites workers, please:

Join a picket line at the hotel (6a-9p daily) at 255 S. King, Seattle, WA 98144 and turning out members of your organization

* Support the Local 8 strike fund

* Create signage and strike art

u/Relevant-Key-4578 — 4 months ago
▲ 30 r/Seattle

Picket Embassy Suites in Pioneer Square FRI 6/12 @ 4:30p

“no war but class war”

Show solidarity with the workers who help keep Seattle welcoming and hospitable.

Join the Unite Here Local 8 picket at Embassy Suites in Pioneer Square, FRI. @ 4:30pm.

Workers are demanding livable wages and NO ICE in the hotel or employee records. Support your neighbors and protect vulnerable workers from corporate greed and abuse. This is a terrifying time to stand up to Hilton's complicity and I hope that Seattle shows up for our neighbors. Please consider contributing to the worker's strike fund.

u/Relevant-Key-4578 — 4 months ago