Tim Steller’s opinion: Quibbles pushed aside as supporters gather behind Tucson minimum wage | Subscriber

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“You are making great demands of creating a new department, creating a new bureaucracy, and even creating a new court for employees to bring cases” – Mayor Regina Romero, on the radio show “Tipping Point” hosted by Zach Yentzer.

So there are disputes, big disputes, in the language of the regulations. Among other things:

The initiative enables “interested parties” in the non-profit sector, not just affected employees, to file complaints against employers.

The initiative tries to apply the minimum wage law to self-employed entrepreneurs such as car pools.

The city’s payroll officers would have free access to the salary and time records of employees and independent contractors.

The minimum wage would rise too slowly to $ 15 and hit it on January 1, 2025.

Oh, even the progressives find it difficult to swallow anything from the language of the initiative.

But the main difference between this initiative and the Sanctuary City initiative is that many of the same officials swallow hard and endorse it despite their reservations.

Mayor Romero, who stood by the fence during her interview last week, said in a statement on Tuesday that she would support the initiative.

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