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Seattle City Council Member Teresa Mosqueda Introduces Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights

Seattle City Council Member Teresa Mosqueda Introduces Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights

The proposed ordinance would establish rights and protections for those who work in a private home, including occupations like nanny, house cleaner or home care worker.

This story originally ran on SCC Insight. This week council member Teresa Mosqueda is introducing a domestic workers bill of rights, an ordinance that establishes several rights and protections for domestic workers in Seattle. Under the ordinance, a domestic worker is someone who provides services to an individual or household in a private home, and…

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State Markets Washington’s Aerospace Expertise At Airshow with Short Video

This Washington state is marketing its aerospace industry at the Farnborough Airshow this year with a short video. The goal of the video is to promote the state’s aerospace capabilities to the 120,000 or so aerospace leaders that attend the show. The one-minute video showcases Washington state as a global aerospace leader with 700 aerospace…

2012 Innovation in Biopharmaceuticals: Seattle Genetics

2012 Innovation in Biopharmaceuticals: Seattle Genetics

it took 13 years for Adcetris to gain initial approval from the Food and Drug Administration, but doctors treating Hodgkins lymphoma have been waiting more than 30 years for a new drug therapy. Trials of the new pharmaceutical from Seattle Genetics suggest it can benefit those for whom established therapies have failed. Hodgkins lymphoma (HL)…

U.S. legislation under consideration to strengthen investment-for-visas program

When Seattle Business magazine first reported that 95 foreign nationals had invested $48 million to buy bonds to help fund the replacement of the State Route 520 floating bridge in hopes of getting visas to the U.S., the London Economist responded to the story with a wry look at the visas-for-the-rich program entitled Give me…

Seattle Business magazine’s “visas for bridges” story is picked up by The Economist

Wealthy foreigners who want to live in the United States have new visa options. For some time now, there’s been the opportunity for foreign investors to get a visa in exchange for investing in businesses or commercial developments. Now there’s an option to put money into public works projects. The story, was first reported by…

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