Two weeks after the first pay increases under Seattle's landmark $15 minimum wage law, workers across the state will take part in the biggest mobilization yet in the movement against poverty wages. In Olympia, Federal Way, Yakima, Seattle, and beyond, fast food workers, adjunct professors, retail workers, homecare workers, immigrants, students, and other working people will unite under the call that "$15 is just the beginning. Inequality ends with us."

Today is the day: the minimum wage for Seattle fast food workers is rising to $11/hour —  the first step in the phase-in to a citywide inflation-adjusted $15/hour. About 40,000 Seattle workers will be getting a raise today, and about 100,000 will see raises over the course of the phase-in to $15. (For help navigating the minimum wage law, check out our new app: whatsmywage.org)

Developed by Code for Seattle volunteers and Working Washington as a front-line education and enforcement tool for workers, the new "What's My Wage?" App steps workers through the questions they need to determine their wage this year and in the next few years under Seattle's $15 minimum wage law — and report any violations. The app is available now at whatsmywage.org

When the Senate Labor & Commerce Committee hears testimony on minimum wage, paid sick and safe time, and equal pay on Monday, Working Washington will be there to help

State Senate hearing, What's my Wage app, and event with Mayor Murray

“It’s obvious to anyone who’s ever worked at a franchise outlet — or even just eaten at one — that these giant multibillion-dollar chains are highly standardized operations with resources that smaller independent operations do not have,” said Sejal Parikh, the Executive Director of Working Washington. “Ever notice that every McDonald’s has the same food?

The workers’ movement for a $15 minimum wage continues to spread: on Thursday, March 12, 2015, low-wage workers from Olympia will lead a rally and march to City Hall, calling on their local government to pass a citywide $15 minimum wage law and advance workers rights in the city of Olympia

Less than a month before the first increases under Seattle's minimum wage take effect, the franchise industry's lobby group will be in Federal District Court Tuesday, arguing that the landmark $15 minimum wage law is unfair to McDonald's, Subway, and other giant franchise systems

Just 3 months after fast food workers went on strike in Aberdeen, Bellevue, Kent, and Olympia and rallied at the State Capitol with airport workers, homecare workers, and other suppporters from across Washington, the State House the State House voted 51 - 46 today to raise the minimum wage to $12/hour. The timing is no coincidence.