My latest article in the NW Asian Weekly covers the controversial new law in the city of Seattle which mandates that businesses ramp up the wages to hourly workers to $15 per hour. Some local franchisees are angered by the ordinance as franchises are allegedly being treated as big businesses which equates to franchised businesses like Subway needing to pay a workforce of 8-10 workers $15 per hour sooner than “mom and pop” type businesses. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for Western Washington. We will keep tabs on this as it progresses.