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Fearing revolt from businesses, D.C. to shift focus away from worker protections
D.C. Politics
Fearing revolt from businesses, D.C. to shift focus away from worker protections
The District takes a ‘breather’ after years at the vanguard of new labor standards.
By Peter Jamison September 17 at 5:15 PM
For several years, the nation’s capital has joined other left-leaning cities and states in pushing legislation to improve the plight of the working poor.
Now, facing growing unrest from business owners and internal division over their priorities, D.C. lawmakers are preparing to take a break from further beefing up labor standards.
The retreat, coming after a year in which the District adopted a plan to increase its minimum hourly wage to $15 and enacted a law guaranteeing private-sector workers some of the nation’s most generous family- and medical-leave benefits, is an abrupt shift for a city whose leaders have been in the vanguard of the national campaign for workers’ rights.
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Peter Jamison writes about politics and government in the District of Columbia. Before joining The Washington Post he worked at The Los Angeles Times and The Tampa Bay Times. Follow @petejamison
Fearing revolt from businesses, D.C. to shift focus away from worker protections
The District takes a ‘breather’ after years at the vanguard of new labor standards.
By Peter Jamison September 17 at 5:15 PM
For several years, the nation’s capital has joined other left-leaning cities and states in pushing legislation to improve the plight of the working poor.
Now, facing growing unrest from business owners and internal division over their priorities, D.C. lawmakers are preparing to take a break from further beefing up labor standards.
The retreat, coming after a year in which the District adopted a plan to increase its minimum hourly wage to $15 and enacted a law guaranteeing private-sector workers some of the nation’s most generous family- and medical-leave benefits, is an abrupt shift for a city whose leaders have been in the vanguard of the national campaign for workers’ rights.
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Peter Jamison writes about politics and government in the District of Columbia. Before joining The Washington Post he worked at The Los Angeles Times and The Tampa Bay Times. Follow @petejamison