Was at the Armory today in Seattle Center and Starbucks workers were striking inside, shouting on the picket line exercising their constitutional rights. Suddenly two SPD officers show up and start chatting with an Armory employee. A friend happened to be sitting at a table next to them and overheard the employee tell SPD they’ve been “getting complaints” and orders came “from the top” to see what could be done about it. Apparently they discussed a few strategies, including turning up the music in the space to drown out the strikers, but decided it would cause even more noise and couldn’t find a good excuse to kick them out.
I went over and asked if they were trying to kick out the striking workers. The police gave me a stiff upper lip answer and the employee stood there flustered and mum. ::Big eye roll:: Sad state of affairs when unionized workers and city employees can’t be in solidarity with working people.
In case anyone is interested in letting the people “at the top” know how you feel about making Seattle Center, a public property, unwelcome to working people, here is Director of Seattle Center Marshall Foster’s email: marshall.foster@seattle.gov.
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