How about slave labour instead? Seattle businesses strike back against $15 an hour minimum wage

Here I thought $5.15 was too high...

American Thinker

A group of Seattle area businesses have gathered 20,000 signatures to place a referendum on the November ballot asking voters to repeal the new $15 an hour minimum wage bill passed by the city council.

Reuters:

Forward Seattle, which represents restaurants, retailers and other businesses, handed in just under 20,000 signatures to the Seattle City Clerk on Wednesday, more than the 16,510 needed to qualify for the November ballot, said group co-chair Angela Cough.

The proposal would ask Seattle voters to repeal a $15 minimum wage increase that was approved by a unanimous vote of the City Council last month and signed by Mayor Ed Murray. It is scheduled to go into effect over several years.

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