10 articles about efforts to pass $20 minimum wage in Tacoma
This list of curated articles highlights efforts to pass a Worker’s Bill of Rights and a $20 minimum wage in Tacoma.
Activists submitted signatures for a ballot initiative and filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming deliberate delay tactics. Recently, the initiative's fate moved to the Court of Appeals.
NO. 1: WORKER’S BILL OF RIGHTS, $20 MINIMUM WAGE IN TACOMA? UNION BEGINS GATHERING SIGNATURES
Activists want to raise the minimum wage, give workers more rights to fair scheduling and full-time hours, and improve workplace safety. | Published March 11, 2025 | Read Full Story by Becca Most
NO. 2: EFFORTS TO PASS WORKER’S BILL OF RIGHTS, $20 MINIMUM WAGE IN TACOMA ADVANCE
In submitting the roughly 10,000 signatures at city hall on June 24, UFCW 367 and the Tacoma DSA are one step closer in the city’s initiative process. | Published June 25, 2025 | Read Full Story by Isha Trivedi
NO. 3: WORKER’S BILL OF RIGHTS LIKELY TO APPEAR ON TACOMA BALLOT, BUT TIMELINE IS UNCLEAR
Tacoma residents are likely to vote on a “Worker’s Bill of Rights,” though the timeline to do so is unclear. | Published August 7, 2025 | Read Full Story by Isha Trivedi
NO. 4: TACOMA COUNCIL SENDS WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS TO BALLOT. BUT DID IT MISS DEADLINE?
The Tacoma City Council on Aug. | Published August 8, 2025 | Read Full Story by Isha Trivedi
NO. 5: TACOMA CREATES LABOR TASK FORCE AFTER WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS MISSES BALLOT DEADLINE
The Tacoma City council voted Aug. | Published August 13, 2025 | Read Full Story by Isha Trivedi
NO. 6: WHAT’S NEXT FOR $20 MINIMUM WAGE PROPOSAL IN TACOMA? HERE’S WHERE THINGS STAND
Amid controversy over a proposal to raise Tacoma’s minimum wage to $20 an hour, organizers who put the initiative forward are worried about its future. | Published August 18, 2025 | Read Full Story by Isha Trivedi
NO. 7: TACOMA KNOWINGLY DELAYED VOTE ON WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS, LAWSUIT ALLEGES
Documents filed as part of a lawsuit against the city of Tacoma allege that Tacoma deliberately delayed a vote on whether to put a “workers bill of rights” on the ballot. | Published August 22, 2025 | Read Full Story by Isha Trivedi
NO. 8: TACOMA CHALLENGES FEBRUARY ELECTION FOR SO-CALLED ‘WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS’
The city of Tacoma has asked a judge to reconsider his recent decision to put a proposed “Workers Bill of Rights” on the ballot in a special election in February, according to court filings. | Published September 22, 2025 | Read Full Story by Isha Trivedi
NO. 9: FIGHT OVER TACOMA’S $20 MINIMUM WAGE MEASURE HEADED TO WA COURT OF APPEALS
The city of Tacoma is continuing its efforts to prevent a “Workers Bill of Rights” from appearing on the ballot in the near future after it escalated its appeal to the Washington State Court of Appeals on Monday. | Published October 8, 2025 | Read Full Story by Isha Trivedi
NO. 10: $20 MINIMUM WAGE PROPOSAL WILL NOT APPEAR ON TACOMA’S FEBRUARY BALLOT
Tacoma residents will not be voting on a proposal to increase Tacoma’s minimum wage to $20 in February after a court order in a lawsuit over the measure.The minimum-wage hike is part of a proposal for a “Worker’s Bill of Rights” that groups like the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 367, Tacoma For All and the Tacoma-Pierce County Democratic Socialists of America fought to put on the ballot this year. | Published November 20, 2025 | Read Full Story by Isha Trivedi
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