Appeals court says minimum wage hike proposal for Glendale hotel workers OK for ballot
The question of whether Glendale hospitality workers should get a $20 per hour minimum wage is more likely to appear before voters this fall after an appeals court affirmed a lower court's ruling that rejected the city's attempt to keep the measure off the November ballot.
Worker Power, a labor advocacy group, is behind the measure called the "Hotel and Event Center Minimum Wage Protection Act."
The group sued Glendale in July because the city clerk denied the initiative based on the belief that it violated the Arizona Constitution's "single-subject rule," a provision requiring proposed laws be limited to one topic.
If passed, it would raise hospitality workers' hourly pay, provide them with yearly pay bumps to reflect cost of living increases and force hotels to give them the service charges collected from guests. Some hotels add a service charge to the bill, typically a percentage of the total cost, instead of having the customer tip the room attendant.
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