Regarding Tacoma minimum wage task force recommendation for a phased-in $15 minimum wage

An opportunity like this only comes once in a generation: the Tacoma City Council has the chance to pass a minimum wage plan that raises up our city, boosts our economy, and gets every worker to a $15/hour minimum wage. Too bad that some of the phase-in schedules being discussed would leave workers waiting a whole generation to get there

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In Wenatchee, forced to choose between risking your fast food job and risking your life

When workers at the Sonic Drive-In in Wenatchee were threatened by the massive Sleepy Hollow wildfire, the manager on duty attempted to get the Director of Operations to give the ok for the restaurant to shut down early for the night in order to keep everyone safe. But the supervisor refused, and reportedly even threatened to fire anyone who left early.

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A year after Seattle’s minimum wage ordinance is signed into law, the sky remains aloft

In the year between the first Seattle fast food strikes and the passage of Seattle’s landmark $15 minimum wage law, business lobbyists and self-appointed experts insisted that they knew what happen if we raised the minimum wage. It was Economics 101, they’d say: higher wages would surely sink the economy. Businesses would be destroyed. Franchises would cease to exist. Prices would rise 25% or more. Open for business signs would go dark, owners would move to Texas, and Seattle would become a city of Cheesecake Factories. It hasn't quite turned out that way.

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