Tacoma, Pierce County and Pierce County Auditor Linda Farmer are being sued by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 367, Tacoma for All, and the Tacoma Democratic Socialists of America.
They allege in the lawsuit filed on Tuesday that the city and county did not act promptly to ensure a citizen’s initiative, which aims to establish a “workers’ bill of rights,” appeared on the November ballot. The initiative seeks to raise the minimum wage to $20 and require advance notice for scheduling changes.
Specifically, the complaint alleges that Pierce County illegally delayed the verification of signatures for the ballot initiative, and then Tacoma used the delay to illegally run out the clock beyond the Aug. 5 deadline to place the measure on November’s general election ballot…