Minimum wage workers in Renton are much closer to getting a raise.
The city currently mandates employers pay at least the statewide minimum of $15.74 an hour to workers.
But a long signature drive for an initiative to increase that to $19 an hour has finally been certified by King County Elections.
Guillermo Zazueta, Chair of Raise the Wage Renton PAC led the campaign.
“We launched our campaign in January of this year, and just recently qualified for the Feb. 2024 Special Election.”
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The PAC had originally hoped to qualify for this year’s November General Election, but
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