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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 06:00 AM Jul 2015

Kansas City Council votes for minimum wage increase to $13 per hour by 2020

The Kansas City Council voted 12-1 last week for a minimum wage increase that calls for $13 per hour by 2020.

It’s not as high as the $15 per hour that will be required in a few years in Seattle, San Francisco and some other cities, but the new law would place Kansas City among a wave of cities instituting big pay raises for the working poor.

St. Louis leaders have vowed to raise this city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. The effort is currently awaiting further action by the St. Louis Board of Alderman.

On June 5, the board introduced the bill to increase minimum wage in the city to $15 an hour by 2020. Sponsored by Alderman Shane Cohn, 25th Ward, the bill would set the minimum wage for employees who work 20 hours a week at $10 as soon as it becomes law.

http://labortribune.com/kansas-city-council-votes-for-minimum-wage-increase-to-13-per-hour-by-2020/

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Kansas City Council votes for minimum wage increase to $13 per hour by 2020 (Original Post) Sherman A1 Jul 2015 OP
By 2020 won't $13.00 an hour be worth about what the minimum wage us now? brush Jul 2015 #1

brush

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1. By 2020 won't $13.00 an hour be worth about what the minimum wage us now?
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 09:32 AM
Jul 2015

Who do they think they're fooling with their "largesse"?

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