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Seattle is poised to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. It will be interesting to see how this works out. Seattle is a very healthy economic city right now, with Boeing doing well, and Microsoft and its spinoffs and contractors humming along, and trade activity out of the port bustling. The proposal is a phase in, so at least a nod to the reality that the minimum wage can negatively impact employment. As opposed to many minor hikes in the MW both federally and across the states who have a higher rate, this one will impact about 25% of the workforce. Hope they go through with it, so we can see how it plays out.

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/ ... _idea.html

$15US = £8.96 = $16.16 AU.

Current UK minimum wage is £6.31 in Australia it's $16.37.

It'll be interesting to see what happens

Long Run wrote:Seattle is poised to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. It will be interesting to see how this works out. Seattle is a very healthy economic city right now, with Boeing doing well, and Microsoft and its spinoffs and contractors humming along, and trade activity out of the port bustling. The proposal is a phase in, so at least a nod to the reality that the minimum wage can negatively impact employment. As opposed to many minor hikes in the MW both federally and across the states who have a higher rate, this one will impact about 25% of the workforce. Hope they go through with it, so we can see how it plays out.

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/ ... _idea.html

San Francisco has about the highest minimum wage in the state, and about the lowest unemployment.





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