minimum wage

A coalition of workers and union members in Washington state are proposing that the state incrementally raise the minimum wage beginning in 2017 to $13.50 per hour.

Which city in Oregon has now decided to follow Seattle in a high minimum wage?  You might have guessed a bigger one, but it's Milwaukee.

A nation-wide study examined the purchasing power of a minimum wage.They found that because of high cost of living, a $7 hourly wage in Philadelphia and Connecticut is really only worth about $6 anywhere else. You won't believe what they say about Eastern Washington!

It's creeping south, but a little less than the Washington state plans passed in Seattle.

Now that Seattle is becoming familiar with more restaurants and businesses closing due to the looming $15 minimum wage issue, a number of liberal bloggers and supporters of the idea are blithely tossing closures off as if they were nothing.

Newstalk 870 reported on what is being called the "4-15-$15 Rallies" Wednesday in Spokane, Yakima and Pasco, with a video showing a meager turnout at the McDonalds on Court Street. But new information released by the Freedom Foundation shows the REAL motivation behind these rallies.

From the information released by Working Washington, it sounded like it was going to be significant event.  But in reality, it was not.

A group calling itself Working Washington plans to stage a rally, April 15th at the Pasco McDonalds starting at 9:45am.

Once again, the last line of defense in the State Senate has business owners - especially small ones - breathing a sigh of relief. At least ones OUTSIDE of Seattle.

The Washington State Senate Monday will hear testimony on a bill that would raise the state's minimum wage (already the highest in the nation) to $12-per-hour, in $.50 increments over the next five years.