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An editor's note: some of you may have received this letter before and we wanted to correct a link to our most recent e-news that has FAN Staff member Kristin Ang's exclusive breakdown of our budget battle this week for progressive revenue. You can read about that and more here. 
Act Now

You are a powerful voice connected to the FAN action group, the Economic Justice Working Group. Never have we had such a need for you to step up for economic justice and a dramatic state shift to progressive revenue.  Please take these four simple and fast steps to sign in pro for progressive revenue. FAN and its partners are aiming for a record PRO count that pushes our legislators to make their proposed progressive revenue measures law.

By 3 p.m. this Monday March 31st, please click on the check marks below to register “pro” in the hearing record for these four bills.  (If you miss this deadline, you can still sign in ‘pro’ on the House measures until 7 a.m. Thursday April 3rd.)

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PRO Senate Financial Intangibles Tax
SB 5797

This bill creates a 1% tax on financial assets (stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds) held by the wealthiest 0.1%—those with over $50 million in assets—raising $4 billion/year to fund public education and address inequality.

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PRO Senate Payroll Tax

SB 5796

This bill closes a loophole in the employer payroll tax by applying a 5% tax on wages over $176,000 for employees at large corporations (payrolls over $7M/year). Raises $2.3 billion/year for healthcare, childcare, and education.

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PRO House Financial Intangibles Tax
HB 2046

The House version establishes a similar tax at a slightly lower rate 0.8% on financial assets above the $50 million threshold—to ensure the ultra-wealthy contribute fairly to our shared future.

 

 

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PRO House RestructureRe B&O Tax HB 2045

Reforms our outdated Business & Occupation (B&O) tax by adding a 1% surcharge on corporate profits over $250 million, and increasing the bank surcharge from 1.2% to 1.9% for institutions making more than $1B/year. Raises $2B+/year for essential programs.

Photo Credit: Farm Worker Ministry Northwest
Stand With Our Labor Partners This Week 

FAN has endorsed the United Farm Workers' boycott against Windmill Farms mushrooms.

We invite you to join in solidarity with these mushroom workers from Yakima Valley who are seeking a union contract and fighting against unfair working conditions.

  • Don’t buy Windmill Mushrooms or any mushrooms from Sunnyside, Washington.
  • Go one step further by asking your local Safeway manager not to buy mushrooms from Windmill Farms. 
  • Show up for the UFW action in Tacoma on March 31st, 12 pm at the Safeway, 2411 N. Proctor Street.

We encourage you to join UFCW 3000 this week on Thursday, April 3rd, to support their contract fight for grocery workers all across locations in Western Washington. From UFCW, "...grocery workers are holding an informational picket to raise awareness about the challenges we face—short staffing, job insecurity, and low wages—while CEOs continue to rake in billions. Workers across the country are standing up for fair treatment, and we’re ready to do the same here in Washington." Pickets will be held at four locations at different times. Learn more and RSVP at this link.

We invite you to Join APRI, MLK Labor, next Saturday April 5th, at noon in SeaTac to protest ICE, advocate for public schools, Support Immigrant and Trans Students and defend public workers and services.

Rally at Angle Park, 19408 International Blvd, SeaTac

March to Federal Detention Center 2425 S. 200 Street, SeaTac

Find out more information by e-mailing contact@apriseattle.com regarding the rally and march.

Interested in meeting other FAN Advocates?

You can also contact Faith and Labor Roundtable FAN rep Blake Alford, who will be attending this APRI event and the UFCW3000 Rally to connect to other FAN advocates, alford@fanwa.org.

Thanks for stepping up!

Steve Clagett

Co-Lead, FAN Economic Justice Working Group
 

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