Initiative 1433 would raise the minimum wage to $13.50 by 2020 and give all workers paid sick time.
Initiative 1433 would raise the minimum wage to $13.50 by 2020 and give all workers paid sick time. Anna Minard

Raise Up Washington, the campaign raise the minimum wage across the state, announced today that they've turned in 360,000 signatures—well over the 246,372 valid signatures required. That means the measure is likely to qualify and appear on your November ballot.

Initiative 1433 would incrementally raise the minimum wage across Washington to $13.50 by 2020, beginning with a raise to $11 an hour in January. The state minimum wage is currently $9.47.

I-1433 would also require employers to offer all workers one hour of paid sick and safe time for every 40 hours worked. That's roughly six and a half sick days a year for a full-time employee. Those days could be used for illness, caring for family, going to the doctor, or because of domestic violence. The initiative would not preempt laws in cities like Seattle, where a more generous minimum wage or sick time law is already in place.

"Too many Washingtonians are working harder than ever but struggling to make ends meet," said Tanika Aden, an Olympia home care worker, in a statement from the campaign. "They are single moms like me, working full-time to take care of others, but struggling to get by making less than $13.50 an hour. Or moms who can’t afford to stay home when their kids get sick, fathers with families to support, people in rural, urban, and suburban communities across the state.”

Statewide initiative campaigns have until Friday to turn their signatures in to the Secretary of State. SeattlePI.com reports that the campaign for I-1491, which would create a new type of protection order to stop people believed to be dangerous from accessing guns, also expects to turn in about 330,000 signatures this week. Just Want Privacy, the anti-trans campaign pushing I-1515, appears to be coming up short.