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PCC employees demand better working conditions ahead of new union contract

Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant stands alongside PCC workers on March 13, 2023.
Lilly Ana Fowler
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KNKX
Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant stands alongside PCC workers on March 13, 2023.

In a hint of what’s to come, Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant stood alongside PCC Community Market workers to demand better working conditions. She says it’s part of what will be a new national workers’ rights campaign.

On a drizzly Monday morning, workers for PCC Community Markets – with stores in Burien, Bellevue and other cities – gathered in Seattle. They stood in front of the downtown organic grocery co-op holding signs to call attention to what they describe as low wages and understaffing.

KNKX social justice reporter Lilly Ana Fowler has more, listen above.

Lilly Ana Fowler is a former KNKX reporter who covered social justice issues investigating inequality with an emphasis on labor and immigration.