Best way to stop a May Day riot would be to announce a $22 Seattle minimum wage with a $21 small business training wage for teens

if the kid (in the hoodie) is actually handed the brick by a CNN/Fox reporter does that count?

Or, you know, it's May Day, a day historically associated with worker's rights aka International Worker's Day. Is there a *better* day to announce improvements to basic working conditions for tens of thousands of workers?

So the Stranger won't be covering today's activities along with "the media"? Or are you somehow special and not part of "the media"?

@3, the plan is not actually helping workers so much as providing political cover from actually doing something real. 7 years? Ridiculous. Plenty of time for present and future politicians to whittle and delay.

From Crosscut:

"A major business leader on the committee, Howard Wright, said that most employers will support the proposal. His co-chair, labor leader David Rolf, praised Wright and the business community for their work on the proposal."

I submit this is proof that the city can and should do better.

Um, if that was his intention, wouldn't he just do it tomorrow, an ACTUAL Friday afternoon?

Of course, all those lovely window-smashing activists are making a real $15 proposal less likely, not more. I swear, it's like they're working for McDonalds.