Minimum Wage Increases

Low-paid workers are leading in wage gains, By Paul Davidson, July 5, 2016, USA Today: “Low-paid workers didn’t exactly declare their independence this past weekend but they did snag another round of minimum wage hikes as part of their years-long rebellion against languishing earnings.  An unusual flurry of minimum wage increases took effect Friday in Maryland and Oregon, as well as in 13 cities and counties, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC and Louisville, Ky., according to the conservative Employment Policies Institute and liberal National Employment Law Project. The initiatives will boost minimum pay to as much as $13 to $14.82 an hour in parts of California…”