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Seattle’s Minimum Wage Is Now $15 an Hour: Is That a Good Idea?
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Sat, 2014-06-14 22:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux
brookings.edu - by Gary Burtless - June 9, 2014
The Seattle city council voted to push up the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. If the wage hike is fully implemented, it will guarantee Seattle’s workers the nation’s highest minimum wage. . .
. . . However, I am more cautious about the wisdom of raising a single city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour when nearby jurisdictions leave their minimum wages unchanged.
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15 Now Wage Vote Wouldn’t Have Been Until 2015, Not This Fall
Organizers for 15 Now, a campaign to change the city charter to include a $15 hourly wage. Credit KUOW Photo/Deborah Wang
seattletimes.com - by Lynn Thompson - June 9, 2014
The 15 Now charter amendment to raise the minimum wage may not have been able to appear on the ballot in November under city and state election rules. Some business owners are angry and say the mayor’s wage committee struggled to reach an agreement under a false deadline.
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