City Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez introduced a motion Friday calling on top city officials to work on a contingency plan to ensure hotel and airport workers receive back pay if a referendum effort delays a recently approved minimum wage increase for such workers, which is scheduled to take effect this month.

The motion intends to calculate the total wages that could be lost due a potential delay, and explore whether they could be eligible for retroactive pay if the referendum fails to qualify for the ballot, as well as potential recourse that may exist if L.A. voters are misled by paid signature-gatherers during the process.

“Corporations have made it clear that they’re willing to use every dirty trick in the book to reverse progress and lower wages — we need to be prepared for them to

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