There are 59 candidates for 11 positions on Seattle City Council & the Port of Seattle. Only one says he opposes the $15 wage — and his other key issue is colonizing Mars. Big business lost the debate… so now they’re trying to buy an election?
Read MoreSeattle voters: check out RunForTheMoney.org
The more you know about who’s spending money to support a candidate, the more you know about what to expect from them. That’s the principle behind a new website from Working Washington — RunForTheMoney.org — which highlights the massive spending by business lobby groups in this year’s City Council primaries.
Read MoreMinimum wage workers need a raise - to $15
Check out the Op-Ed published in The News Tribune by Jesse Griggs, a Tacoma McDonald's worker with Working Washington.
Read More"I would love to be able to change my life."
Jesse Griggs testified to the Tacoma City Council about the need for Tacoma to get a raise to $15.
Read MoreWill Tacoma City Council Propose a Minimum Wage Increase that Nobody Can Get Behind?
Despite overwhelming public support for higher wages, the Tacoma City Council may very well be on the verge of doing the impossible: proposing a minimum wage increase that nobody can get behind. Working Washington will certainly not be supporting the current proposal for a multi-year plan to raise the wage to $12. It simply takes far too long, and offers workers far too little.
Read MoreAn open letter from Working Washington leaders in Tacoma to the Mayor & City Council
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.
Read MoreCan you tell a corporate McDonald's from a franchise McDonald's?
Bet you can't tell the difference — take the quiz and find out!
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
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