Washington Minimum Wage Increase, Initiative 518 (1988)
Election results
| Initiative 518 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 1,354,454 | 76.55% | ||
| No | 414,926 | 23.45% | ||
The question asked on the ballot was, "Shall the state minimum wage increase from $2.30 to $3.85 (January 1, 1989) and then to 4.25 (January 1, 1990) and include agricultural workers?"
Path to the ballot
Initiative 518 was filed on March 21, 1988 by Jennifer Belcher of Olympia and Art Wang of Tacoma. 300,900 signatures were submitted to qualify it for the ballot.
See also
- Washington Minimum Wage Act, Initiative 688 (1998)
- Washington 1988 ballot measures
- List of Washington ballot measures
- 1988 ballot measures
- List of ballot measures by state
- List of ballot measures by year
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