Tacoma for All

UFCW 367 and Tacoma For All met with city leaders yesterday including the mayor, deputy mayor and CM Walker to discuss the Workers Bill of Rights ballot initiative.

We're encouraged by the thoughtful questions posed by city leaders. Regardless of the outcome of our discussions, we are deeply committed to fighting for working families!

We've got over 20 folks in the house tonight for our Workers Bill of Rights organizing committee meeting, ready to roll up their sleeves and get involved in the movement to win workers rights!

Tacoma For All volunteers now have computers available for attendees to draft their own court documents with legal support following tenant rights presentations!

The Tacoma Landlord Fairness Code provides eviction protections for families of students and workers at K-12 schools during the school year! Join us on August 24th for a workshop to learn more about rights of school protecting you from illegal evictions. Workshop will be in person at the Tacoma Public Library Moore branch and online on Zoom.

Be sure to share this event invite with the Tacoma school families you know!

Use the QR code on the digital flyer or use this link to register to attend via Zoom: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElc-qqqDMqGtJ8iZ8rIEElyMMKTF53uY4h

The Tacoma Landlord Fairness Code provides eviction protections for families of students and workers at K-12 schools during the school year! Join us on August 24th for a workshop to learn more about rights of school protecting you from illegal evictions. Workshop will be in person at the Tacoma Public Library Moore branch and online on Zoom.

Be sure to share this event invite with the Tacoma school families you know!

Use the QR code on the digital flyer or use this link to register to attend via Zoom: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElc-qqqDMqGtJ8iZ8rIEElyMMKTF53uY4h

This event is not sponsored by Tacoma Public Library.

Tacoma showed up to kick off our campaign for a Workers Bill of Rights! ✊ We had 167 attendees on July 27 ready to fight for secure livable wages, stable schedules, safe workplaces, and enough hours to thrive. Thank you to guest speakers including President Michael Hines of Ufcw367, Senator Yasmin Trudeau, Secretary Treasurer of the Pierce County Central Labor Council Nathe Lawver, Secretary Treasurer of the Washington State Labor Council Cherika Carter, front line workers, and many more who shared. We also raised nearly $20,000 in lifetime campaign pledges!

Together, it's time to write a new chapter for workers' rights!

Enthusiastic Crowd Ignites Workers' Rights Movement!

A powerful two days of unity and action! ✊ The Workers’ Rights Summit brought together hundreds of workers, politicians, and community leaders to demand a better future. From Tacoma to Olympia, we’re building a movement to secure livable wages, stable schedules, safe workplaces, and enough hours to thrive. Together, we’re writing a new chapter for workers' rights!

In coalition with Ufcw367, we are organizing WORKERS’ RIGHTS SUMMITS in Tacoma and Olympia to kick off the fight for a Workers’ Bill of Rights!

TACOMA: July 27th, 12PM – 2PM
Evergreen Tacoma, 1210 6th Ave
RSVP here: https://secure.everyaction.com/sT6q0YSlbU2Ep_y6LXrLqA2

Service industry workers across the region are uniting to win a livable minimum wage, predictable guaranteed hours, and safe workplaces. Greedy corporations that dominate the retail, grocery, and food service industries are forcing workers to accept low-pay and precarious conditions just to further enrich billionaire investors.

How can our families arrange childcare when bosses expect us to be on-call 24/7? How can we pay rent or plan our finances if we can’t predict our monthly paycheck?

That’s why over 7,000 grocery workers in UFCW 367 are fighting to win a Workers’ Bill of Rights in Tacoma, Olympia, and beyond. Tacoma for All and our labor-community coalition passed the Tenant Bill of Rights ballot initiative last November, winning the strongest renter protections in WA State. Within six months workers in Olympia won similar protections. Together we are building on those victories to raise up living standards for all working families across the South Puget Sound.

Join the fight today! Register for the Workers’ Rights Summit.

Thanks to everyone who came out last night to our first general meeting since December! It was exciting to celebrate the work of our wonderful volunteers who are educating tenants about their newly won rights and also talk about the future and the next fight on the horizon.

Since winning the strongest tenant protections in the state last November, Tacoma for All organizers have been busy educating renters on their new rights, organizing for progressive amendments to our city charter, and preparing the ground for our next big campaign.

With coalition partners, we are gearing up to win a Workers’ Bill of Rights – and we need your support!

Join Tacoma for All for our big All-Supporters Meeting on Wednesday, June 26th, at 7:00PM to help shape our next steps together. The meeting will be held at our office in Common Good Tacoma, 621 Tacoma Ave S (lower entrance off the alley). Please RSVP for the meeting today! https://bit.ly/T4Ajune26

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In coalition with Ufcw367, we are organizing WORKERS’ RIGHTS SUMMITS in Tacoma and Olympia to kick off the fight for a Workers' Bill of Rights!

TACOMA: July 27th, 12PM – 2PM
Evergreen Tacoma, 1210 6th Ave
RSVP here: https://secure.everyaction.com/sT6q0YSlbU2Ep_y6LXrLqA2

OLYMPIA: July 20th, 12PM – 2PM
Olympia Center, 222 Columbia St NW
RSVP here: https://secure.everyaction.com/rM3M8dKJWUWsZPbYaHallg2

Service industry workers across the region are uniting to win a livable minimum wage, predictable guaranteed hours, and safe workplaces. Greedy corporations that dominate the retail, grocery, and food service industries are forcing workers to accept low-pay and precarious conditions just to further enrich billionaire investors.

How can our families arrange childcare when bosses expect us to be on-call 24/7? How can we pay rent or plan our finances if we can’t predict our monthly paycheck?

That's why over 7,000 grocery workers in UFCW 367 are fighting to win a Workers’ Bill of Rights in Tacoma, Olympia, and beyond. Tacoma for All and our labor-community coalition passed the Tenant Bill of Rights ballot initiative last November, winning the strongest renter protections in WA State. Within six months workers in Olympia won similar protections. Together we are building on those victories to raise up living standards for all working families across the South Puget Sound.

Join the fight today! Register for the Workers’ Rights Summit.

Join us for our next Tenant Rights Training at the Moore Library on Saturday, June 1st. We'll review the new rights won through Initiative #1, what the Landlord Fairness Code means for renters, and how to fight back against predatory landlords!

Location: Tacoma Public Library, 215 S 56th St, Tacoma, WA 98408



This event is not sponsored by the Tacoma Public Library.

Here's a quick summary of the rights Tacoma tenants have under the Landlord Fairness Code that went into effect 12/8/23. Join us to learn more at our next FREE Tenant Rights Training on Saturday, June 1st, from
3:30-5 at the Moore Library in Tacoma!

Help us continue our community education and outreach! Donate today at bit.ly/t4adonate.

Building a greater working class in Tacoma and beyond!

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Check out our first online training for tenants about the new rights in Tacoma under the Landlord Fairness Code! Sunday, May 5th at 11 a.m.

Register now at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcuc-uopzojGtWiv8K-5CCTnx0mazlK0X3q

Get the word out about the Landlord Fairness Code and the new rights Tacoma renters have won! We'll be canvassing this Saturday, April 27th from 11 a.m. - 1p.m. at Bryn-Mar Village Apartments in Tacoma's south end neighborhood - 1721 S 82nd St. Tacoma, WA. Join us!

Our next Tenant Rights Training is TOMORROW, Saturday, April 6th at 3:30. Join us at the Moore Library at 215 S. 56th Street to get info on the Landlord Fairness Code and enforcing tenant rights!

Our second Tenant Rights Training session will be held April 6th at the Moore Library at 3:30 PM! Join us to learn more about the Landlord Fairness Code and how to utilize the new law to protect your rights.

Uh oh!!!! Tenants love hearing about their new rights and as a result we're down to our LAST brochures. We need more! Can you chip in $5 today to help us order more brochures?

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The Landlord Fairness Code is now in effect, which means Tacoma tenants have increased protections! Here is a quick guide on how your rights may have changed, and how you can use the new law to defend yourself. ✊

The City of Tacoma is offering tutorials for tenants and landlords on the rental housing code and Landlord Fairness Code and how they work together. Come see what the City has to say and encourage any Tacoma renters you know to attend! We'll be offering our own tenant rights trainings the first Saturday of every month, starting with Saturday, March 2nd from 3-5 p.m. at Fern Hill Library. Watch this space for more details!

📢 Exciting news! Our Office of Equity and Human Rights will offer a series of FREE tutorials for tenants and landlords to learn more about the updated Rental Housing Code, the new Landlord Fairness Code in Tacoma. 🏡🏦🏠🏨🏢

To learn more, visit cityoftacoma.org/in_the_news/office_of_equity_and_human_rights_hosts_tutorials_for_tenants_and_landlords.

List of tutorial events:
🔷 Thursday, February 22 from 12 - 1:30 PM & 5:30 - 7 PM both on Zoom
🔷 Thursday, February 29 from 12 - 1:30 PM & 5:30 - 7 PM both on Zoom
🔷 Thursday, March 7 from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM at the Tacoma Community House
🔷 Thursday, March 21 from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM at the Tacoma Community House
🔷 Thursday, March 28 from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM on Zoom

For more information, visit https://cityoftacoma.org/RentingInTacoma.

Ty Moore of Tacoma DSA and UFCW 367 discusses the Initiative 1 fight and how we won the strongest rights for tenants in Washington state in this new Labor Notes article.

https://labornotes.org/2024/02/ufcw-local-leads-fight-win-washingtons-strongest-tenant-protections?fbclid=IwAR2r1BIXZR7rq97HBSWbLKlaV-d0eiH1wFQ15tOxbCR_mkBqRwcTeHjT_tw

UFCW Local Leads Fight to Win Washington's Strongest Tenant Protections Grocery and retail workers helped win the strongest tenant protections in Washington state last November for the 100,000 renters in the city of Tacoma. First we had to beat the mayor’s and city council’s attempt to bring a competing watered-down ballot measure. And then we had to overcome a vici...

Here's a tenant rights factsheet for Tacoma renters that outlines protections under the Landlord Fairness Code that became effective on Dec. 8th. Many families have already seen the new laws protect them from eviction during the winter months and school year. We'll be holding our first tenant rights training on Saturday, March 2nd from 3-5 p.m. at Fern Hill Library. Join us!

Landlord Fairness Code Factsheet