Women, minorities to benefit as S.F. minimum wage rises, By Emily Green, April 30, 2015, San Francisco Chronicle: “Friday is the day thousands of San Francisco workers have been waiting for: Up to 86,000 of them will see their wages bumped up as the city’s minimum wage increases to $12.25 from $11.05 an hour. Women and minorities will benefit the most: 31 percent of Latino workers, 22 percent of Asian workers, 20 percent of African American workers and 21 percent of women will see an uptick, according to an analysis done last year by UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. The higher minimum wage takes effect as San Francisco’s economy is booming — the city has just 3 percent unemployment — but the gulf between the city’s richest and poorest is widening…”
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