A measure that would have bumped Arizona’s minimum to $18 an hour by 2027 – and eventually require tipped workers to be paid that rate as a base salary – will not be on the ballot in November.Raise the Wage AZ, the political group behind the ballot measure called the “One Fair Wage Act,” made moves early Thursday to remove the measure off the ballot. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge then ruled to keep the measure from voters, according to the Arizona Republic, saying it did not qualify to be put before voters.The decision was made after the Arizona Restaurant Association filed a lawsuit last month alleging One Fair Wage did not have enough signatures to meet the required amount to qualify for the ballot.“The One Fair Wage initiative has always been a front for union bosses and out-of-state activists,” Steve Chucri, the president and CEO of the Arizona Restaurant Association, said in a statement. “The radicals who want to force a new pay structure down the throats of Arizona small businesses and tipped workers were never honest about their true motivations, so I’m not surprised they also lied about their number of signature petitions for the ballot.”The Arizona Republic reported that One Fair Wage said it will still try to get the same law on the books, but instead by working with the Arizona State Legislature.This minimum wage issue that is no longer on the ballot is not related to the measure that Glendale voters will decide in November that would require a $20 minimum wage for hotel workers, which a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled could be on the ballot in November.The Arizona Restaurant Association, or ARA, fought hard against the statewide meaasure because it is pushing another ballot measure – Prop 138 or “The Tipped Workers Protection …
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