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22. Why are union workshops exempt from SeaTac's $15 minimum wage law?

Sun Sep 7, 2014, 07:47 PM

Sep 2014

.I don't understand. It was unions who got this law passed in the first place. Why are union workshops exempt from it?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-no-calamity-yet-as-seatac-wash-adjusts-to-15-minimum-wage/2014/09/05/d12ba922-3503-11e4-9e92-0899b306bbea_story.html

"Those who opposed the $15 wage in SeaTac and Seattle admit there has been no calamity so far. Paul Guppy, vice president for research at the free-market Washington Policy Center, said SeaTac is a “boutique” case because of its size. Airport workers have been left out for now because of a lawsuit, and union workplaces are exempt, so only about 1,600 got raises."

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