[TRU Research] Mini project if anyone's up for it

[Katie Wilson]

Hey all,

Our top organizing priority over the next couple weeks is talking to people who work in Tukwila and recruiting them into the campaign. Jim made this really cool map where you can select an industry, and then individual businesses within that industry, and see them on a map (use the Ctrl/Command key to multi-select):

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/katie.wilson8886/viz/TukwilaMapSelectedBusinesses/Dashboard3

If anyone’s got some time to play around with this tool, I’d be interested in your suggestions of places to look for workers, beyond the obvious public-facing industries (retail + food service). We are going to do some scouting around hotels, using this map as a guide. But I think there are probably some other places worth investigating. You can look at our wage data <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DXx4-IHbkRdFFvkeZ8yx4QKPRChR1bDl/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113070217445076459384&rtpof=true&sd=true> to see what industries are likely to have low-wage workers.

Anyone have a little time this week to work on this? If you have questions about how to go about it, happy to chat.

- Katie

Katie Wilson
General Secretary
Transit Riders Union
https://transitriders.org
206-781-7204

The Transit Riders Union is a democratic organization of working and poor people, including students, seniors, and people with disabilities, taking control over our own lives, and building up the power we need to change society for the good of humanity and of the planet. We will fight to preserve, expand, and improve the public transportation system in Seattle and beyond, so that every human being has access to safe, affordable, and reliable public transit.

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