$15 Minimum Wages Would Be the Highest in the World
Kristiana Mork
Politics,
And an economic wrecking ball?
Leaders in New York and California signed legislation earlier this month that will raise the states’ minimum wages to $15 an hour, a rate higher than any other state’s in the nation, and every other nation in the world.
“Today’s landmark agreement will lift up poor Californians and give hardworking employees the resources they need to put food on the table for their families,” California state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, said in a formal statement earlier this month.
“By moving to a $15 statewide minimum wage and enacting the strongest paid family leave policy in the nation, New York is showing the way forward on economic justice,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a formal statement April 4.
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