Public Affairs Videos

Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3 - Central Seattle) local construction workers, and a pair of national experts in economics and employment policy discuss new findings that the Tax Amazon legislation will create or support up to 34,000 jobs in construction and related industries.

Speakers include:

Councilmember Kshama Sawant, City of Seattle

Logan Swan, Ironworkers Local 86

Nathan Morlock, Piledrivers Local 196

Gordon Lafer, Professor, University of Oregon Labor Education and Research Center

Lenore Palladino, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Roosevelt Institute; Political Economy Research Institute