Now the issue will likely be decided by Los Angeles voters
Thousands of workers at private hospitals and dialysis clinics in Los Angeles won’t see their minimum wage raised to $25 per hour anytime soon.
The city clerk’s office has confirmed that a referendum petition challenging the recently passed ordinance has more than 40,717 valid signatures from registered voters in the city, which is the requirement to force Los Angeles City Council to either repeal it or put the issue on the ballot, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The No on the Los Angeles Unequal Pay Measure Campaign, a group sponsored by the California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, said it had gathered more than double the number of required signatures.
The next step is for the clerk to provide a “certification of sufficiency” to the city council, which then has 20 days to repeal the ordinance, call a special election for voters to decide its fate or submit it to be voted on at a regularly scheduled city election. If the council opts for an election, the ordinance will remain paused until voters decide, likely in 2024.
In June, the council voted to approve the minimum wage hike for workers at privately owned hospitals, including nursing assistants, housekeepers, clerical workers, guards, janitors and other employees who are not supervisors or managers. The measure also covers privately owned dialysis clinics and clinics and nursing facilities associated with private hospitals. SEIU-UHW, the health...
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