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http://mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2014-06-02/a-seattle-compromise-brings-the-nations-first-15-minimum-wage
Update 6:40 p.m.: Seattles City Council unanimously approved the $15 wage.
A rally is already under way outside Seattles City Hall on Monday afternoon as lawmakers gather to vote on a measure to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The bill is expected to passeven unanimouslyafter surprisingly civil negotiations took place under deadline pressure that seems poised to create the highest citywide wage in the U.S.
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray generally managed to avoid the toxic battles that have plagued minimum wage efforts in other cities, deftly creating an Income Inequality Advisory Committee of business executives, union leaders, and community advocates and setting a four-month clock for hashing out a deal. The goal was to avoid a costly and nasty battle of ballot initiatives come November. The mayor had vowed to put forward a plan of his own if the group failed.
The advisory committee reached a delicate compromise that was announced on May 1 and that would introduce the $15 wage level over time, depending on an employers size and whether workers receive tips and other benefits such as health care. By 2025, the bill would have all Seattle employers paying the same minimum. Its an agreement that no one loves but almost everyone says they can live with
Update 6:40 p.m.: Seattles City Council unanimously approved the $15 wage.
A rally is already under way outside Seattles City Hall on Monday afternoon as lawmakers gather to vote on a measure to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The bill is expected to passeven unanimouslyafter surprisingly civil negotiations took place under deadline pressure that seems poised to create the highest citywide wage in the U.S.
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray generally managed to avoid the toxic battles that have plagued minimum wage efforts in other cities, deftly creating an Income Inequality Advisory Committee of business executives, union leaders, and community advocates and setting a four-month clock for hashing out a deal. The goal was to avoid a costly and nasty battle of ballot initiatives come November. The mayor had vowed to put forward a plan of his own if the group failed.
The advisory committee reached a delicate compromise that was announced on May 1 and that would introduce the $15 wage level over time, depending on an employers size and whether workers receive tips and other benefits such as health care. By 2025, the bill would have all Seattle employers paying the same minimum. Its an agreement that no one loves but almost everyone says they can live with
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