Not just jobs: Labor and it's connections to this community

 

Image of Tacoma Municipal building with ILWU union flag in front

 Many are moving to Tacoma right now as a gateway to Seattle but also for the unique jobs available here from industrial to healthcare work. For greater economic opportunity I would increase transit and housing options. For economic growth the city needs to invest in a green new deal public works project that could use union labor to replace current carbon emitting infrastructure as well as funding the expanding of new fields of labor for this city.  

Tacoma takes pride in it's working people, I hear all the careers that have been created here and I would like to continue this working town tradition.  

-We must create new jobs for climate change mitigation in the port and around the city.

-We must create better conditions for every essential worker with hazard pay.

-Gig workers are workers and must be treated better by their employers. 

Big businesses like the Hotel Murano and many healthcare providers think people can make due during a pandemic without hazard pay or consistent hours and not hear anything about it from city hall. During pickets this past year and before then I have learned 


 

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