Filo Foods, LLC v. City of SeaTac

In 2013, SeaTac city voters approved a local initiative to establish the minimum wage for hospitality and transportation workers at $15-per-hour. Opponents of "Proposition 1" challenged the validity under state and federal law. The trial court largely rejected the challenges, with two exceptions: (1) under state law, Proposition 1 could not be enforced at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport; and (2) federal labor law preempted a provision of Proposition 1 protecting workers from certain types of retaliation. The Washington Supreme Court reversed both of these rulings, holding that Proposition 1 could be enforced at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport because there was no indication that it would interfere with airport operations. The Court also held that federal labor law did not preempt the provision protecting workers from retaliation. The Court otherwise affirmed the trial court and upheld Proposition 1 in its entirety. View "Filo Foods, LLC v. City of SeaTac" on Justia Law