Tacoma fast food worker leaders tell City Council: if forced to choose between a quick raise to $15 and a slow, uncertain, loophole-laden phase-in to $12, voters might very well have no real choice but to approve the ballot measure that actually gets fast food workers to a living wage.
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Read More"We reject any proposal to carve out a McDonald’s loophole that allows multibillion-dollar global franchise systems to evade their responsibility for poverty-wage jobs"
The leaders of Working Washington and six other organizations sent the following letter to Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland and the other members of the Tacoma City Council, urging them to ensure that fast food chains are categorized as large businesses in the city's minimum wage law.
Read More"If we raised the wage to $15, I'd be able to put money back into the community."
Jasmin Ferrante spoke to the Tacoma City Council telling them that Tacoma needs a raise.
Read MoreRegarding 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
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreAre the business lobbyists losing their grip on reality?
The business lobbyists who spent last year concocting an alternative reality of looming economic armageddon are holding an event to meet with political candidates in a location that shows just how out of touch they were: a new business celebrating its Grand Opening.
Read MoreTell the Tacoma Minimum Wage Task Force: Tacoma needs a raise to $15.
In less than 2 weeks, the Tacoma Minimum Wage Task Force is going to announce their proposal for a new minimum wage in Tacoma. Let's make sure they hear from working people, and make sure that they hear that Tacoma needs a raise to $15.
Read MoreTacoma business group makes the case for $19.85 minimum wage!
Desc The Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber is trying to convince people that $15/hour is too luxurious for Tacoma. Too bad their own rent figures make the case for a $19.85/hour wage
Read More"You wouldn't have to worry about paying your bills and ONLY paying your bills."
"There definitely should be a raise in the minimum wage to $15. Because there’d be a lot more money made, and you wouldn’t have to worry about paying your bills and then only paying your bills. You can instead of just living to work, work to live."
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