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eridani

(51,907 posts) Tue Sep 10, 2013, 12:25 PM Sep 2013

State’s top court gets emergency motion on SeaTac’s $15/hour wage initiative

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/09/states-top-court-gets-emergency-motion-on-seatacs-15hour-wage-initiative/

Alaska Airlines, Filo Foods, BF Foods and the Washington Restaurant Association have filed a motion asking the state Supreme Court for an emergency review of last week’s Court of Appeals ruling that made it possible for a proposition to increase the minimum wage in SeaTac to be placed on the November ballot.

The companies filed the motion Monday after the Court of Appeals found a King County Superior Court judge had erred when she eliminated signatures supporting Proposition 1, the so-called Good Jobs Initiative, which would increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour at many businesses in SeaTac. The appeals court has not yet released its written opinion giving the legal reasons for the oral decision, made on the deadline to get the initiative on the ballot.

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Study says SeaTac’s Prop 1 would boost economy by $54M eridani Sep 2013 #1

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1. Study says SeaTac’s Prop 1 would boost economy by $54M

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Fri Sep 27, 2013, 06:20 AM

Sep 2013

http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2021898111_seatacproposition1xml.html

A $15-an-hour minimum wage for SeaTac’s hospitality and transportation workers would boost not only paychecks, but also the local economy, according to a just-released study.

Whether or not voters believe in the broader benefits could determine the fate of the Nov. 5 ballot initiative.

Puget Sound Sage, a nonprofit community and labor organization, estimated in a 32-page report released Wednesday that total annual wages for affected workers would increase by $40 million. With more spending money, those workers in turn would create at least 400 new jobs and $14 million in additional income for the region, the group said.

“Opponents say it wouldn’t benefit SeaTac economically, but at a minimum, between 15 and 20 percent of the people who work at the airport also live in SeaTac,” said co-author Nicole Vallestero Keenan, a policy analyst at Puget Sound Sage. “On top of that, there’s a number of local businesses in SeaTac that cater to airport workers. They’re very likely to see a boost.”

SeaTac’s Proposition 1 calls for a $15-an-hour “living wage” for an estimated 6,300 workers at Sea-Tac International Airport and its nearby hotels, car-rental agencies and parking lots. That represents a 63 percent pay raise over Washington state’s current minimum wage of $9.19 an hour.

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