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D.C. minimum wage ballot initiative
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D.C. ballot initiative aims to raise minimum wage

Summary:

  • D.C. workers are backing a 2026 ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage to $25.
  • It would raise all workers’ wages while eliminating the tip credit.
  • Councilmember Janeese Lewis George opposed the wage amendment.

WORKERS ARE SEEKING higher pay from District of Columbia officials in a November 2026 ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage to $25 by July 1, 2029. The initiative would phase in the increase for all workers, including hotel workers, and eliminate the tip credit.

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