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Supporters of a head tax on large companies in Seattle at a city council hearing May 9, 2018. (KIRO 7) A rally of union workers against Seattle's proposed head tax. (Mike Lewis, KIRO Radio) A rally of union workers against Seattle's proposed head tax. (Mike Lewis, KIRO Radio) Chris McCLain with UA Local 82 leads a rally of union workers against Seattle's proposed head tax. (Mike Lewis, KIRO Radio) Signs ready ahead of the second Seattle City Council meeting on Wednesday. (KIRO Radio/Mike Lewis) Signs ready ahead of the second Seattle City Council meeting on Wednesday. (KIRO Radio/Mike Lewis) Construction workers pack the Seattle City Council meeting on Wednesday. (KIRO Radio/Mike Lewis) (Seattle Channel screengrab) Jimmy Haun, center, holds a sign that reads "Don't vote our jobs away," Wednesday, May 9, 2018, as he attends a Seattle City Council committee meeting at City Hall in Seattle where public comment was heard on a controversial proposal to tax large businesses such as Amazon.com to fund efforts to combat homelessness. Haun is the political director of the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) An opponent of a controversial proposal to tax large businesses such as Amazon.com holds a sign that reads "Will the last business leaving Seattle - turn out the lights," Wednesday, May 9, 2018, as she attends a Seattle City Council committee meeting at City Hall in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Opponents and supporters of a controversial proposal to tax large businesses such as Amazon.com to fund efforts to combat homelessness hold signs Wednesday, May 9, 2018, as they attend a Seattle City Council committee meeting at City Hall in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Opponents of a controversial proposal to tax large businesses such as Amazon.com to fund efforts to combat homelessness sign up to speak, Wednesday, May 9, 2018, to attend a Seattle City Council committee meeting at City Hall in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Seattle City Council members Kshama Sawant, center, Mike O'Brien, left, and Teresa Mosqueda, right, listen to public comments on a controversial proposal to tax large businesses such as Amazon.com to fund efforts to combat homelessness, Wednesday, May 9, 2018, during a Seattle City Council committee meeting at City Hall in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) A supporter of a controversial proposal to tax large businesses such as Amazon.com to fund efforts to combat homelessness holds a sign that reads "Tax Amazon" while waiting in line Wednesday, May 9, 2018, to attend a Seattle City Council committee meeting at City Hall in Seattle that was held in part to hear public comment on the proposal. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Hundreds gathered in support of the Seattle head tax Wednesday morning. (Matt Pitman/KIRO Radio) Hundreds gathered in support of the Seattle head tax Wednesday morning. (Matt Pitman/KIRO Radio) Hundreds gathered in support of the Seattle head tax Wednesday morning. (Matt Pitman/KIRO Radio) Hundreds gathered in support of the Seattle head tax Wednesday morning. (Matt Pitman/KIRO Radio) Hundreds gathered in support of the Seattle head tax Wednesday morning. (Matt Pitman/KIRO Radio) Councilmember Sally Bagshaw. (Matt Pitman/KIRO Radio) Councilmember Kshama Sawant. (Matt Pitman/KIRO Radio) Workers opposed to Seattle's proposed head tax showed up en masse Wednesday morning. (Matt Pitman/KIRO Radio) (Matt Pitman/KIRO Radio) (Matt Pitman/KIRO Radio) (Matt Pitman/KIRO Radio) (Matt Pitman/KIRO Radio) Councilmember Mike O'Brien. (Matt Pitman/KIRO Radio) A group of workers opposed to the head tax outside council chambers on Wednesday. (Hanna Scott/KIRO Radio) A group of head tax supporters await a committee meeting on the head tax at Seattle City Hall Wednesday. (Hanna Scott/KIRO Radio) (Mike Lewis/KIRO Radio)
Head tax meetings, rallies in Seattle