Marsha Chien
Marsha Chien will lead the newly created Worker Rights Unit in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO).
Launched in November, the Worker Rights Unit is meant to uphold Washington state’s nation-leading worker protections and address wage theft.
“With Marsha Chien at its helm, our new Worker Rights Unit will stand up for the most vulnerable people in our community and make sure they receive fair treatment and honest pay for their labor,” Attorney General Nick Brown said.
Since joining the AGO in 2015, Chien has built a track record in the Civil Rights Division and the Solicitor General’s Office, serving most recently as a Deputy Solicitor General.
“Our team will use all of our state laws to protect workers—to make sure … they are treated equally and with dignity at work no matter who they are, and that they can organize and speak to each other about their workplace rights.”
While serving in the AGO’s Civil Rights Division, Chien worked on many of Washington’s challenges to the federal government’s unlawful actions, such as the Muslim travel ban, attempt to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, coercive threats to federal funding, as well as immigration arrests at our state courthouses.
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