Washington Supreme Court June 24, 2004, No. 73357-1 (Hisle v. Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.)

lead-opinion

Fairhurst, J.

In this case, we determine that Washington’s Minimum Wage Act (MWA), ch. 49.46 RCW, applies to a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) containing a onetime retroactive payment based on an hourly wage of actual hours worked, and that this lawsuit is not preempted by section 301 (§ 301) of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, Pub. Law No. 101, ch. 120, 61 Stat.