Initiative 1 would increase the state's minimum wage by up to $2 an hour in the city.
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Jackie Cook has worked as a waitress for more than a decade.You'd think she'd be thrilled about an increase to the minimum wage. But just the opposite is true.Initiative 1 on Bellingham's November ballot would raise the minimum wage a dollar an hour for workers in the city to $17.28 in 2024 and at least $19.28 in 2025.Organizers said wages are not coming close to keeping up with the cost of living.
"A full-time worker would have to make $26.00 an hour," said the organization's Betsy Purnotto."Our proposal doesn't come close to that." "Servers earn well over minimum wage," Lonergan-Dreke said."We're not helping those who are truly earning minimum wage to get ahead. The best way to get ahead is to get training for the many higher paying positions that remain unfilled in our community."
With Washington state paying the highest minimum wage in the nation, the table is now set for voters to decide Bellingham's future.
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