How Seattle’s record-high minimum wage has — and hasn’t

How Seattle’s record-high minimum wage has — and hasn’t

Cadie Hood’s first job paid under $3 an hour.  She was 18, and working as a server at an Applebee’s in Wyoming — one of about 20 states still following the federal minimum wage, which has stagnated at $7.25 an hour for more than a decade. Employers can count up to $5.12 an hour in tips toward an employee’s wage. “I was a senior in high school living on my own and paying my own rent and everything,” Hood said. “I survived solely off of my tips, w…

10 Years of Worker Wins: Seattle's Fight for Fair Wages - Fair Work Center

Today, we celebrate a decade of worker power! In 2015, Seattle’s Minimum Wage and Wage Theft Ordinances took effect—raising wages, holding bad employers accountable, and setting a national standard for worker protections. The Impact $16 million recovered for nearly 10,000 workers Minimum wage increased from $9 in 2014 to $20.76 today 6,000+ workers won back stolen wages through wage theft enforcement These victories didn’t happen by chance—they …