Local labor and activist groups are suing both Tacoma and Pierce County, claiming that government officials illegally blocked a citizen-led initiative that would raise the city’s minimum wage to $20.

Olympia council to vote July 22 on $20 minimum wage initiative for ballot Petition secured 14,000 signatures, surpassing 5,788-voter threshold New rules include fair scheduling, phased minimum wage by ...

Labor groups back Proposition 1, which would raise Olympia's minimum wage and add worker protections. Opponents argue that local employers won’t be able to handle the costs.

United Food & Commercial Workers Local 367 and the Tacoma chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America drop off signatures to get the Workers Bill of Rights on this November’s ballot, at Tacoma ...

A new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) this month found that California’s 2023 minimum wage hike cost the state thousands of jobs. Researchers found that the state’s ...