Oct. 28—Hillary Clinton is urging Portlanders to vote 'yes' on Question D, the citizen referendum that would increase the minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2025 and eliminate the tip credit.

"Too many people are being priced out of Portland and so many other places because they can't afford to both live and work in that wonderful city," the former Democratic U.S. senator from New York, secretary of state and presidential candidate says in a new social media ad from the group One Fair Wage Portland.

"Raising the minimum wage to $18 per hour would raise wages for 20,000 hardworking people in Portland alone, including the tipped workers like taxi drivers, gig workers, domestic workers and of course restaurant workers," Clinton says. "You have the opportunity to make sure every worker in Portland receives a stable, livable wage."

"Too many people are being priced out of Portland...raising the minimum wage to $18/hr would raise the minimum wage for 20,000 workers in Portland alone." — Secretary @HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/9igVv0Bh1n

— Vote Yes on Question D 11/8 (@onefairwageme) October 27, 2022

The 45-second ad is posted on One Fair Wage Portland's website and also appears on the group's Twitter page.

"It's very clear that One Fair Wage is throwing everything against the wall at this point to see what will stick," said Joshua Chaisson, a spokesperson for Restaurant Industry United, which opposes Question D, and a server at the Porthole. "They've replaced their ability to...

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