The city of Burien is suing the organizers behind a recently approved ballot measure raising the minimum wage, claiming the initiative is unconstitutional and should not be enforced. Measure 1 ...

So observed the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce ... over the last couple of elections we have seen minimum wage increases in Burien, Tukwila, Renton and Everett all by initiative.

The proposal calls for raising Tacoma’s minimum wage to $20 per hour, up from the current minimum wage of $16.66.

For instance, Seattle’s municipal minimum wage is $19.97 an hour compared to the state minimum of $16.28. While a minimum wage is the lowest amount someone can be legally paid by an employer ...

Which Burien minimum wage law should be be followed ... U.S. Circuit […] The Museum of Pop Culture (MOPOP), located in Seattle, steps into the realm of folklore and fantasy with its upcoming ...

Reay cited a 2021 University of Washington study that examined whether Seattle’s phasing in of a $13 minimum wage from 2014 to 2017 lowered income inequality in the city. The study found that ...

The $7.25 federal minimum wage has remained stagnant since 2009, but in 30 states, minimum wage is higher, which puts the average US minimum wage at $11.59 per hour. Still, minimum wage earners ...