Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to interfere with, impede, or in any way diminish the right of employees to bargain collectively with their employers through representatives of their own choosing in order to establish wages or other conditions of work in excess of the applicable minimum under the provisions of this chapter.
RCW 49.46.110
Collective bargaining not impaired.
Known as the Washington Minimum Wage Act
The act spans §§ 49–49 (34 sections).
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Hisle v. Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. (2004)
Most recently applied in Hisle v. Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. (June 2004)
1959 c 294 s 11.
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.