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Blaukraut

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3. Agreed! This min. wage hike is a joke for MA

Reply to Paper Roses (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 06:56 PM

Jun 2014

The cost of living here is so high that $11/hr (and that's not until 2017) is more like a slap in the face. It should have been $15/hr by 2017 with an immediate hike to $11. And if we want to be completely honest here, even that doesn't constitute a living wage. Still, we take what we can get, I suppose.

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Patrick signs Mass. minimum wage hike: $9/hr on Jan. 1. $11 by 2017 [View all] unhappycamper Jun 2014 OP

Yay! MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #1

Maybe he'll run. Agschmid Jun 2014 #4

While I appreciate the Governor's efforts, it is a long way until 2017. Paper Roses Jun 2014 #2

Agreed! This min. wage hike is a joke for MA Blaukraut Jun 2014 #3