Rob Richards
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“And just a couple extra dollars to boost people up from a struggling wage to a survival wage is a big step for people. And I think that’s what we’re hearing at the doors, is they need this and they want this, and we hope to see happy results on election night.”
October 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“And just a couple extra dollars to boost people up from a struggling wage to a survival wage is a big step for people. And I think that’s what we’re hearing at the doors, is they need this and they want this, and we hope to see happy results on election night.”
“Affordability is on everybody’s radar. Nationwide, it’s in the news every day,” Richards said.
October 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“Affordability is on everybody’s radar. Nationwide, it’s in the news every day,” Richards said.
He said they’re in the middle of a very aggressive door-knocking campaign right now, and the campaign has received mostly support from residents.
October 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
He said they’re in the middle of a very aggressive door-knocking campaign right now, and the campaign has received mostly support from residents.
“Raising the wage puts money in workers’ pockets,” Richards said. “$2 in the pockets of 10,000 workers is about $42 million a year in our local economy. That’s a stimulus check for our downtown.”
October 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“Raising the wage puts money in workers’ pockets,” Richards said. “$2 in the pockets of 10,000 workers is about $42 million a year in our local economy. That’s a stimulus check for our downtown.”
He said he would challenge the “No” campaign to show concrete examples of where the Workers’ Bill of Rights has been bad for a community.
October 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
He said he would challenge the “No” campaign to show concrete examples of where the Workers’ Bill of Rights has been bad for a community.
Richards said minimum wage has gone up in a lot of communities in Washington and across the country, and there haven’t been any mass business or nonprofit closures, nor disproportionate impacts since on their services.
October 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Richards said minimum wage has gone up in a lot of communities in Washington and across the country, and there haven’t been any mass business or nonprofit closures, nor disproportionate impacts since on their services.
“The math isn’t math-ing,” Richards said. “And you know, to me, it feels like kind of a fog of information that is kind of confusing.”
October 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“The math isn’t math-ing,” Richards said. “And you know, to me, it feels like kind of a fog of information that is kind of confusing.”
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