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The lawsuit alleges that Tacoma and Pierce county did not act with “reasonable promptness and diligence” to get the item on ...
Tacoma’s City Council voted to send a minimum wage initiative to voters — but it’s not clear when or if voters will see it on ...
The Tacoma City Council unanimously rejected a resolution Friday to raise the city's hourly minimum wage by nearly 25%.
Tacoma residents are likely to vote on a “Worker’s Bill of Rights,” though the timeline to do so is unclear.
Tacoma’s minimum wage ballot measure is a bit different than other Washington communities that have passed similar actions. The state’s minimum wage is currently set at $9.47 per hour.
The $15 an hour movement has spread to Tacoma and things are getting pretty heated according to the Tacoma News Tribune. In fact, activists are trying to get a minimum wage hike passed and in ...
Voters in Tacoma will decide on two minimum-wage measures, one of which could immediately bump pay in the city to at least $15 an hour, which would be one of the highest minimum wages in the country.
David Hyde spoke with News Tribune reporter Kathleen Cooper about t wo proposals to hike the minimum wage in Tacoma that are on the November ballot. David’s people-focused politics coverage ...
Whether the minimum wage rose to $12 or $15, that sector would face the largest percentage increase in payroll: 17 percent under $15 and 5.7 percent under $12. Retail trade would the second most ...
Minimum Wage Increased to $10.35 Per Hour, Will Reach $12 Per Hour by 2018 Tacoma Municipal Code Chapter 18.20, which took effect on February 1, increases the minimum wage in Tacoma to $10.35 per ...
Initiative 1B, put on the ballot by the Tacoma City Council, would require all employers to phase in a minimum wage of $12 by 2018. The first wage bump would be to $10.35 in February.