There’s no formal proposal yet, but the topic is being discussed, a council member says.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Talk of raising the minimum wage for Olympia workers is raising concerns with business owners.
Earlier this month, members of the Thurston-Lewis-Mason Central Labor Council and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 367 presented the city’s finance committee with a proposal to raise the minimum wage.
The representatives called the presentation, “Olympia Needs a Workers’ Bill of Rights.”
“You can’t live in this area if you’re making minimum wage,” said Rachelle Martin, president of the Thurston-Lewis-Mason Central Labor Council.
Martin said Olympia’s
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