ICYMI: Why Hotel Groups Say Seattle's New Worker Protections Are Illegal

by Heidi GrooverInitiative 124 passed with nearly 77 percent of the vote in November. Dragon Images/Shutterstock
As Sydney mentioned in Morning News, three groups representing local hotels—the American Hotel and Lodging Association, the Washington Hospitality Association, and the Seattle Hotel Association—are suing the City of Seattle in an effort to block recently passed new protections for hotel workers in the city.
Initiative 124, the latest union-backed, worker-friendly measure e