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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...
UFW v. Windmill Farms – Complaint for Injuctive Relief Damages
UFW v. Windmill Farms
Workers fight for better treatment and the right to unionize. - IMPACT LITIGATIONOVERVIEW Workers at a mushroom farm in Sunnyside, Washington have faced discrimination, poor treatment, and illegal firings for several years. When...
Bell v. DOC – Preguntas Frecuentes
Bell v. DOC – Frequently Asked Questions
“Only marginally better than a coin flip”
Faulty drug tests lead to solitary confinement
Bell v. WA State Department of Corrections
Drug Testing Prison Mail and Papers: False Positives Should Not Have Real Consequences - IMPACT LITIGATIONOVERVIEW Prisons in Washington State regularly test incoming mail and other belongings of incarcerated individuals for drugs....