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Working Washington launches campaign against minimum wage surcharges

Working Washington has heard a lot of complaints (and received a lot of reports) about businesses which have recently added small 1%—5% “minimum wage” surcharges to their bills in what seems to be an attempt to send a political message about their opposition to raising the wage. A list of…

Big business threatens Equal Pay Opportunity Act in Washington State

The State House took a big step forward on equal pay this year with a strong vote to pass the Equal Pay Opportunity Act. Then a Senate committee quickly voted to move the bill forward too. But since then, no further action has been taken. There’s broad-based support for the equal…