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  • RavennaDawg
    RavennaDawg Member Posts: 846
    Was that a long winded way of saying that you agree with Sawant, and it should not be illegal for the Port to establish a minimum wage for people who work at the Port?
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  • PurpleBaze
    PurpleBaze Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,319 Founders Club
    RavennaDawg said:

    Was that a long winded way of saying that you agree with Sawant, and it should not be illegal for the Port to establish a minimum wage for people who work at the Port?

    I don't agree with Sawant. I don't think she actually cares about the minimum wage employees. She wants $15 and she wants it now so that she can use this issue to appease the typical Seattle resident.

    I'm looking at this lawsuit from a different angle. I don't know the details of it, but most likely it's going to end up being a waste of time and a drain on the legal system. I don't think you can really hold Sea-Tac airport and the businesses that operate in it to a different standard than the rest of the city it sits in... but then, I'm not a lawyer either.

    In any case, the suit has been filed so let it go through the legal process. Picking on a single company and protesting in front of their headquarters during business hours is FS. A4A may win or they may not. Either way, it'll be interesting.
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  • RavennaDawg
    RavennaDawg Member Posts: 846
    I don't think you can really hold Sea-Tac airport and the businesses that operate in it to a different standard than the rest of the city it sits in... but then, I'm not a lawyer either.

    This was the crux of Alaska's last lawsuit, which it won. Alaska said the minimum wage increase for SeaTac the city did not apply to SeaTac Airport. They needed to be treated differently.

    I think we agree the lawsuit is going to be a waste of time. Or we do not. Either way, it will be interesting.
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  • PurpleBaze
    PurpleBaze Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,319 Founders Club
    RavennaDawg said:

    I don't think you can really hold Sea-Tac airport and the businesses that operate in it to a different standard than the rest of the city it sits in... but then, I'm not a lawyer either.

    This was the crux of Alaska's last lawsuit, which it won. Alaska said the minimum wage increase for SeaTac the city did not apply to SeaTac Airport. They needed to be treated differently.

    I think we agree the lawsuit is going to be a waste of time. Or we do not. Either way, it will be interesting.

    Either way, too many lawyers in the world...
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    PurpleBaze said:




    Too bushy.
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  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,643 Founders Club
    Fun Fact: Sawant has a PHD in economics.

    #academis
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  • Your_Mom
    Your_Mom Member Posts: 393
    I don't agree with the $15/hour "living wage" law. If people want to earn that much, they should get better jobs.

    But who cares if she was arrested in her act of civil disobedience? She is just a politician putting on a show... just like every other politician... left, right, center, far left, far right, or far center.



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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,894 Founders Club
    She looks like a terrorist
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