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lovemydog

(11,833 posts) Wed Dec 23, 2015, 11:20 AM Dec 2015

Minimum Wage Going Up In 14 States At Start Of 2016

Minimum Wage Going Up In 14 States At Start Of 2016
12/23/2015
Dave Jamieson
Labor Reporter, The Huffington Post

Alaska: $8.75 to $9.75
Arkansas: $7.50 to $8.00
California: $9.00 to $10.00
Colorado: $8.23 to $8.31
Connecticut: $9.15 to $9.60
Hawaii: $7.75 to $8.50
Massachusetts: $9.00 to $10.00
Michigan: $8.15 to $8.50
Nebraska: $8.00 to $9.00
New York: $8.75 to $9.00
Rhode Island: $9.00 to $9.60
South Dakota: $8.50 to $8.55
Vermont: $9.15 to $9.60
West Virginia: $8.00 to $8.75

The minimum wage will be raised even higher in New York for fast food workers -- to $10.50 in New York City, and $9.75 in the rest of the state, thanks to a move by the state's wage board. The District of Columbia and three states -- Maryland, Minnesota and Nevada -- will be raising their wage floors later in 2016.

The idea of hiking the minimum wage tends to have broad support among the American public, including in traditionally red states. Voters and legislators in states around the country have passed their own raises in recent years. In fact, so many hikes have been enacted that a majority of states now have a higher minimum wage than the federal level of $7.25 per hour. (The federal rate prevails in the 21 states that don't mandate a higher one.)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/minimum-wage-2016_5679d096e4b06fa6887f4276

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Minimum Wage Going Up In 14 States At Start Of 2016 (Original Post) lovemydog Dec 2015 OP

Shameful. xfundy Dec 2015 #1

This reveals.just how lame Hillary's proposed rminimum wage raise to $12 is cali Dec 2015 #2

Is EVERYTHING about Hillary to you? philosslayer Dec 2015 #3

no. Everything I post here is not about Hillary cali Dec 2015 #5

So cali, a long-time DU veteran with over 100,000 posts (you only have 1500 and have only... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #7

For a national rate, I could live with that... Wounded Bear Dec 2015 #4

Surprising to see a handful of Red states in there KamaAina Dec 2015 #6

The lowest of all just happens to be where Wally World's HQ is. lpbk2713 Dec 2015 #8

xfundy

(5,105 posts)

1. Shameful.

Reply to lovemydog (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 11:37 AM

Dec 2015

The rich get richer as the rest of us work ourselves to death just to hang on for another day.

cali

(114,904 posts)

2. This reveals.just how lame Hillary's proposed rminimum wage raise to $12 is

Reply to lovemydog (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 12:57 PM

Dec 2015

philosslayer

(3,076 posts)

3. Is EVERYTHING about Hillary to you?

Reply to cali (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 12:58 PM

Dec 2015

Honestly. You need to expand your horizons a bit. This fixation isn't healthy.

cali

(114,904 posts)

5. no. Everything I post here is not about Hillary

Reply to philosslayer (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 02:01 PM

Dec 2015

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)

7. So cali, a long-time DU veteran with over 100,000 posts (you only have 1500 and have only...

Reply to philosslayer (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 02:51 PM

Dec 2015

...been here on DU for 1/10th the time she has) should bow to your approval of what she can and cannot post?

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)

4. For a national rate, I could live with that...

Reply to cali (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 01:03 PM

Dec 2015

many rural areas wouldn't need more. I'd still support higher rates in more expensive urban and suburban areas.

A couple of years ago, my rough estimate of what it should be was around $10, so $12 would be a good range now IMHO.

Still not convinced between Hill and Bernie, but this is not a defining issue to me. I lean towards Bernie because he represents the move to the left the country needs, but even Hill would at least somewhat slow the rightward headlong dash of the last few decades. She's still better than any R alternative.