Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The nation's highest wage floors will take effect in some of the nearly 50 cities and other localities that will impose minimum pay hikes. Twenty-nine cities in ...

Meanwhile, unions organize as over 100 hotel and catering contracts in the area expire in the run-up to the Olympics.

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries revealed the state’s 2025 minimum wage on Monday. Here’s what it means for Bellingham. Getty Images/iStockphoto On Sept. 30, the ...

Washington state’s minimum wage will increase 2.35 percent in 2025. Mykola Sosiukin Getty Images/iStockphoto Washington state’s minimum wage will rise to $16.66 an hour next year, a 2.35% ...