Pierce Labor Endorses Connect Tacoma: Safe Streets and Sidewalks Levy
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 17, 2026
Media Contact: Sarah Gray, sarah@pcclc.org
Pierce County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO Endorses Connect Tacoma: Safe Streets and Sidewalks Levy
TACOMA, Wash. — The Pierce County Central Labor Council (PCCLC), AFL-CIO, representing 114 affiliated unions and more than 43,000 working people across Pierce County, today announced its endorsement of Proposition 1, the Connect Tacoma: Safe Streets and Sidewalks Levy, which will appear on the August 4, 2026 ballot.
"This levy invests in the infrastructure our city depends on while supporting the skilled union workforce that builds, repairs, and maintains it,” said Nathe Lawver, Secretary-Treasurer of the Pierce County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO. “We've worked closely with City leaders throughout this process to ensure the voices of working people are part of the conversation, and we're proud to support a proposal that makes Tacoma safer, stronger, and more connected for everyone."
The proposal prioritizes investments in neighborhood streets, major arterial corridors, and connections to schools, transit, parks, and other community destinations. Funding would support street paving, pothole repairs, sidewalk construction and maintenance, ADA accessibility improvements, traffic safety projects, Safe Routes to School, freight mobility, and transportation options for people walking, biking, rolling, riding transit, and driving.
"Our members in public works are on the frontlines of street maintenance in Tacoma," said Paul Dascher, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 117, an affiliate of PCCLC. "This levy will give them the critical resources they need to fill potholes, pave streets, repair sidewalks, and help ensure that residents of the city and anyone traveling through can reach their destination safely. When you invest in infrastructure, you invest in the union workers who build and maintain it, and that's good for every family in Tacoma."
"Every neighborhood should have safe, reliable transportation infrastructure regardless of how people travel,” Lawver said. “Supporting systems that create good union jobs while making Tacoma safer is exactly the kind of investment our labor movement stands behind."
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