News Feb 10, 2016 at 3:42 pm

State Supreme Court Refuses to Rethink SeaTac's $15 Minimum Wage Law (UPDATE)

Sydney Brownstone
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Excellent news!
NotYourStrawMan on February 10, 2016 at 3:53 PM Report this
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It should be retroactive. There was never a reasonable expectation that they would be successful in their suit. It has all been a great stalling effort. Fuckers.
sperifera on February 10, 2016 at 11:11 PM Report this
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The decision is retroactive I assume because it's as easy as it is common practice to delay the inevitable.
anon1256 on February 10, 2016 at 11:22 PM Report this
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Hey, I support increases minimum wages. However, what I don't support is that the city of seats can dictate to the Port of Seattle. The (Sea-Tac) Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was here way before the city of Sea-Tac was incorporated. Why don't we just incorporate around other entities and then start legislating them as though they were part of the new found municipality.
rshoff on February 11, 2016 at 9:09 AM Report this
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grrr. Spell Check... 'City of SEATAC' not city of seats..
rshoff on February 11, 2016 at 9:10 AM Report this
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#4, considering The Port of Seattle exercises domineering power over property outside of the Seattle City Limits (including emergency services, body of law, and contractual rights), I consider it a fair trade. If Seattle had a problem with it, they could have annexed the land. Burien and SeaTac weren't cities until the 1990s. Tukwila is no real barrier.

Seattle had a chance to make the airport part of their municipality. They passed. It makes no sense to cry over spilled milk decades later.
libertine on February 11, 2016 at 9:27 AM Report this
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@5: I kinda liked "city of seats". I imagine their slogan would be:
Visit the city of Seats! Come Put Your Feet Up!"
Or to attract new residents:
Tired of playing musical chairs? Come to the city of Seats!
Seats: For When the Music Stops

I'm sorry. I'm a little sleep deprived.
Lissa on February 11, 2016 at 11:04 AM Report this
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@4 whoever came first doesn't change that SeaTac is disproportionately impacted by poverty wages at its doorstep, no?
anon1256 on February 11, 2016 at 11:54 AM Report this
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Do you seriously think raising the minimum wage will not result in layoffs? Idiots.
Earned mine on February 12, 2016 at 4:35 AM Report this

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