KC $15/Hr. Minimum Wage Vote Set for November

KC Star:
The Kansas City Council has taken the first step toward putting a $15 minimum wage question on the November ballot. 
In a procedural move Thursday, an ordinance was introduced on the council docket to submit a petition initiative to voters in the Nov. 3 election. The council must discuss and vote on the measure by next Thursday to meet election authorities’ deadline for the November ballot.
City Attorney Bill Geary said a committee of petitioners gathered sufficient signatures and has submitted a valid petition to place its minimum wage proposal before voters. That proposal, supported by a coalition of civil rights groups and advocates of low-wage workers, seeks to raise the minimum wage to $10 per hour on Sept. 1 and incrementally over the next four years to $15 per hour by 2020.
The City Council already adopted an ordinance to increase the city’s minimum wage to $13 per hour by 2020, but that ordinance did not satisfy the petitioners. 
The council’s ordinance, passed July 16, still has not become law because a different committee of petitioners, representing restaurants and business groups, has started a referendum drive to overturn it. While the referendum effort is underway this month, the council’s ordinance is on hold.

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