The Olympia City Council formally discussed the minimum wage and Workers’ Bill of Rights proposal on Oct. 22. The proposal included raising the minimum wage to $20.29. That amount is the standard King ...

The ordinance has increased minimum wage in unincorporated King County to $20.29 an hour, but there are exceptions based on ...

A higher minimum wage has combined with the usual seasonal factors to put some businesses in a very hard spot.

It’s time to declare war on the rich. We need to build an organized, unified movement of working people to systematically ...

A recent letter in this paper raised concerns about Burien’s new minimum wage ordinance, but it’s important to set the record straight. Burien’s current wage law, which went into effect on January 1, ...

Hillside Church helped refugees grow vegetables. Now it’s growing a whole community around food and preparing immigrants for ...

The national minimum wage today is just over $7 an hour. But a provision in a landmark labor law from nearly 90 years ago ...

Virginia’s minimum wage recently increased to $12.41 an hour. Democrats sought a higher increase last year, but Gov. Glenn ...

Vote NO on Initiative Measure 1I write to ask my fellow Burien residents to vote NO on Initiative Measure 1, to save Burien’s small businesses. The initiative, which was drafted and is being pushed ...

Washington was one of 21 states to implement an increase in minimum wage at the start of the new year. The wage went from $16.28 per hour to $16.66 per hour. Many student workers are receiving minimum ...

Senate Bill 5023 seeks to resolve longstanding discriminatory labor policies. Advocates note that nannies, housekeepers, ...

Pierre Poulin dreamed of owning a bakery, but lately, the cost of ingredients has been a nightmare. He relies on eggs as an essential ingredient for his wide array of pastries, going through at least ...