Glendale voters will decide on Proposition 499 hotel wage measure, court rules
he Arizona Supreme Court declined on Sept. 16 to take up the case challenging the legality of an initiative to raise the minimum wage for hospitality workers in Glendale to $20 per hour. That means that voters will be able to vote on the measure, called Proposition 499, in the Nov. 5 election.
In a notice to the attorneys involved in the case that was provided to The Arizona Republic, the Supreme Court did not provide a reason for the decision, which is the latest ruling in a series of legal challenges by the city of Glendale.
In addition to the wage increase, the proposition also includes other labor regulations for hotel and event center workers, such as limits on how many rooms hotel attendants can clean in one shift before their pay is increased. The fact that Proposition 499 addresses both wages and benefits, the city argues, means that it fails to meet the "single-subject" rule in the state constitution.
In July, Worker Power, the labor union backing Proposition 499, submitted the initiative with almost double the amount of signatures necessary to get it on the ballot. Glendale City Clerk Julie Bower denied the measure on the grounds that it involved too many topics.
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