Articles about kshama sawant

‘Profound and historic’: Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination

Seattle lawmakers on Tuesday approved legislation to ban caste discrimination in a move that could impact tech workers and companies.… Read More

In effort to ban caste discrimination, Seattle councilmember cites system’s link to tech industry

When Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant introduced legislation this week to ban caste discrimination in Seattle, her supporters included tech… Read More

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, long a thorn in Amazon’s side, won’t seek re-election

Councilmember Kshama Sawant, who took on Amazon and others over the years in an effort to tax big businesses, will… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Why this Amazon adversary is emboldened to escalate challenge to tech giant

Every week on the GeekWire Podcast, we go behind-the-scenes of some of the biggest and most interesting stories we’ve been… Read More

March on Amazon HQ: Seattle housing activists demand ‘head tax’ on big business

Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood — a.k.a. Amazonia — is typically sleepy on the weekends without thousands of Amazon employees buzzing… Read More

TLDR:Amazon responds to proposed tax, Gates Foundation commits $158M to reduce poverty, Rover expands to Europe

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

TLDR: Day 2 of Zuckerberg’s testimony, protest at Amazon HQ, Snap Spectacles

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Video: Affordable housing activists protest at Amazon HQ, demanding higher taxes on corporations

Amazon is getting used to fielding jabs from politicians. President Donald Trump spent most of last week berating the company.… Read More

Seattle’s socialist councilmember wants to tax Amazon and other big companies to fund housing: Is that a good idea?

“Ho, ho, hey, hey! Amazon, you have to pay!” “Let’s shake Jeff Bezos down! We need housing in this town!”… Read More

Seattle requires Amazon to allow free speech in future courtyard, amid larger debate over company’s impact

Amazon will be required to allow 24-hour public access and put up signs making it clear that free speech activities… Read More

Seattle officials debate $5M proposal to test municipal broadband network

The Seattle City Council is debating behind closed doors this week over whether to move forward with a pilot program that would… Read More

Seattle councilmember calls for ‘mass citywide movement’ against Comcast and CenturyLink in support of municipal broadband

Seattle councilmember Kshama Sawant wants a municipal broadband network in the Emerald City, and she’s calling on the city’s residents… Read More