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Washington Wage-Setting Authority Initiative (2015)
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The Washington Wage-Setting Authority Initiative did not make the November 3, 2015 ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the Legislature. The measure, upon voter approval, would have granted sole wage-setting authority to the state government and prohibited political subdivisions from establishing or enforcing a minimum wage for employment by private employers.[1]
The initiative was proposed by Tim Eyman in response to Seattle's $15 hourly minimum wage and SeaTac's voter approved $15 minimum wage.[2]
Eyman and supporters refered to the initiative as the Fair and Uniform Minimum Wage Initiative.[3]
Background
Initiative 1358
Richard Forschler and Sustainable Wages Seattle proposed a similar measure, known as Initiative 1358, for the November 4, 2014, ballot; however, it did not make the ballot because no signatures were submitted.[4]
SeaTac
On November 5, 2013, SeaTac voters approved Proposition 1, also known as the "Good Jobs Initiative".[5]
Seattle
An interview with Seattle city council member Kshama Sawant on Democracy Now about the city council's $15 minimum wage vote.
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In November 2013, Kshama Sawant, a self-described socialist, won a seat on the Seattle City Council. Sawant's campaign advocated for a $15 hourly minimum wage. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, who was also elected in 2013, agreed, but wanted the increased wage phased in.[6] The Seattle City Council developed a plan, which was approved unanimously on June 2, 2014.[7] Councilwoman Sawant said, “This is an absolutely historic moment not only for Seattle, but for working people all over the nation, and even globally.”[8]
Path to the ballot
Supporters were required to submit at least 246,372 valid signatures. Signatures were due 10 days before the start of the 2015 legislative session in Washington, or January 2, 2015. No signatures were submitted.
Similar measures
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Seattle Met, "Morning Fizz: Struggling within the Same Broken System," June 5, 2014
- ↑ The Seattle Times, "Tim Eyman’s intriguing counterattack to Seattle’s $15 minimum wage," June 9, 2014
- ↑ Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "Eyman initiative would take away cities’ right to set minimum wage," June 5, 2014
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the People - 2014," accessed June 7, 2014
- ↑ The Seattle Times, "SeaTac $15 minimum wage survives recount," December 9, 2013
- ↑ The Seattle Times, "Ed Murray pledges “phased in” $15 minimum wage in Seattle," September 24, 2013
- ↑ AP, "Seattle Council Passes $15 Minimum Wage," June 2, 2014
- ↑ Democracy Now, “Seattle’s Socialist City Council Member Kshama Sawant Hails Historic Vote For $15/Hour Minimum Wage,” June 5, 2014
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