by Adriana | Aug 4, 2026 | General
Join us for our Imagine Justice celebration honoring 30 years of Columbia Legal Services. Connect with advocates, supporters, and community partners as we celebrate the impact we’ve made together and look ahead to a future where everyone in Washington has access to...
by Adriana | Jul 31, 2026 | General
Over the course of four years of litigation, farmworker labor union Familias Unidas por la Justicia, AFL-CIO, and union member Ramon Torres Hernandez, won important victories to protect the wages that they earn harvesting crops. The farmworkers successfully challenged...
by Adriana | Jul 16, 2026 | General
Columbia Legal Services filed a class action complaint against the Washington State Department of Corrections (“DOC”) yesterday on behalf of two clients. The lawsuit challenges the unjust imposition of an extreme form of solitary confinement used on incarcerated...
by Adriana | Jul 9, 2026 | General
Sign Up for Updates Today’s Washington Supreme Court ruling in Bolina v. AssureCare Adult Home, brought by Fair Work Center on behalf of live-in caregivers, is a reminder of how systemic advocacy shapes the law over time. The decision extends basic wage and hour...
by Adriana | Jul 9, 2026 | General
In May, Community Engagement Specialist Noemi Sanchez and Litigation Director Denise Diskin attended Inatai’s Constellations Conference in Spokane. The gathering brought together more than 700 participants from over 300 organizations representing nearly every county...
by Adriana | Jul 8, 2026 | General
What is the Keep Washington Working Act? Passed in 2019 amid escalating federal immigration enforcement, Keep Washington Working (KWW) is one of Washington’s key protections limiting state and local participation in federal civil immigration enforcement. CLS helped...
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