An informational hub for resources and news on the effort to overturn a misleading ballot initiative
Welcome to the main source of information on the challenge to I-1433
Passed by voters in November 2016, Initiative 1433 sought to change Washington state’s minimum-wage and family-leave laws, but in attempting to do so:
- Violated the single-subject rule in the Washington Constitution
- Failed to adequately describe the measure’s content in its title
- Amended statutes without specifically identifying them.
Below are the news releases and media coverage on the lawsuit and related legal documents.
The Lawsuit
Coalition News Releases
Media Coverage
- Business Examiner, February 16—NFIB seeks to kill I-1433 sick leave.
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KONA Radio 610-AM, February 17—Lawsuit claims WA minimum wage initiative unconstitutional.
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Capital Press, February 27—Washington Farm Bureau joins suit against pay, sick leave law.
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Puget Sound Business Journal, March 8—Washington business groups sue to stop minimum wage hike and sick leave law
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Washington Post, March 11—Minimum-wage advocates won big in November, but now they’re at risk of losing all over again.
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Daily Record, March 28—Local farmers sign onto minimum wage lawsuit.
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KUOW-FM 94.9, NPR, Seattle, April 24—NFIB State Director Patrick Connor explains why business groups banded together to challenge the constitutionality of Initiative 1433.
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The Seattle Times, May 2—Judge rejects suit against I-1433’s statewide minimum wage and sick leave.
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 2—Connelly: Judge rebuffs business challenge to state minimum-wage law.
- The Seattle Times, May 12—Challenge to statewide minimum-wage law abandoned.
- The Spokesman-Review, May 14—Business groups drop challenge to Washington’s new minimum wage, family leave law.
