$15.00 minimum wage (Seattle)

[PapaG]

Does this mean people who work in schools or like in home help have to be paid that too?

I can see a big uptick in under the table jobs involving illegal immigrants as a result of this. Same with lawn services, too.

 

[Eastoff]

Good news! Right wing economics will finally have evidence to look at for this topic.

 

[MARIS61]

According to the Economic Policy Institute, the minimum wage in the United States would have been $18.28 in 2013 if the minimum wage kept pace with labor productivity.[27] To adjust for increased rates of worker productivity in the United States, raising the minimum wage to $22 (or more) an hour has been presented.

To be fair, an enormous amount of back pay is owed to most American workers over the last 40 years.

 

[PapaG]

Good news! Right wing economics will finally have evidence to look at for this topic.

I expect an explosion of service industry businesses outside of the city limits.