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2024 Imagine Justice Youth Art Celebration & Contest
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Celebración y Concurso de Arte Juvenil de Imagina la Justicia 2024
In English Servicios Legales Columbia esta emocionado en anunciar la primera Celebración y Concurso de Arte Juvenil de Imagina la Justicia. Invitamos a todos los jóvenes, de 5 a 19 años de edad, a presentar una creación original de 2 dimensiones que refleje el tema...
📢 CLS Releases Report on Widespread Economic Exploitation in WA Prisons
In our work with people in prisons across Washington, we hear over and over about the economic exploitation and injustices they face in custody. Meanwhile, the Department of Corrections and its quasi-business division, Correctional Industries, draw enormous cost...
Legislative Update: Spotlight on Connecting Families Act
Session Update! CLS advocates are working hard to advance racial and economic equity in Washington this legislative session. Here's an update from week four:FEATURED BILL Fighting for free communications between people in prison and their families: SB 6021People in...
Legislative Update: Spotlight on Protecting Farmworker Wages
Week three update.
Actualización legislativa: Enfoque en la protección del salario de los trabajadores agrícolas
¡Actualización de la sesión! Los abogados de CLS están trabajando duro para promover la equidad racial y económica en Washington en esta sesión legislativa. Aquí tenemos una actualización de la tercera semana:PROYECTO DE LEY DESTACADO Mejor recopilación de datos para...
Update: First week of legislative session
The first week of the 2024 legislative session wraps up today. Our lawmakers are considering many important racial and economic equity measures during this year’s 60-day session and CLS is working to make the most of it. With our community partners, we are focusing on...
Últimas noticias: Primera semana de sesión legislativa
Hoy concluye la primera semana de la sesión legislativa de 2024. Nuestros legisladores están considerando muchas medidas importantes de equidad racial y económica durante la sesión de 60 días de este año y CLS está trabajando para aprovecharla al máximo. Con nuestros...
Top 10 of 2023 🎉
Looking back at a year of progress, community, and fighting for justice in Washington – made possible by you!
Thank you to our staff 💛
As our offices across Washington pause for a year-end rest, I am filled with gratitude for our incredible staff. All year, this team shows up for our clients, communities, and one another. Whether answering phone calls from people in prison with nowhere else to turn,...
Workers Sue Windmill Farms to Demand Fair Treatment and Union Recognition
Yakima, WA - Today, The United Farm Workers (UFW) and several current and former workers filed a lawsuit against the Sunnyside-based and Canadian-owned mushroom producer Windmill Farms (formerly operated as Ostrom Mushroom Farm), for violating workers’ labor rights in...
Los Trabajadores Demandan a Windmill Farms para Exigir un Trato Justo y Reconocimiento Sindical
Yakima, WA - Hoy, la Unión de Campesinos (UFW, por sus siglas en inglés) y varios trabajadores actuales y anteriores presentaron una demanda contra el productor de hongos Windmill Farms, con sede en Sunnyside y propiedad canadiense (anteriormente operado como Ostrom...