The federal minimum wage is still $7.25 an hour, and Republicans in Congress want to keep it right there. California's is now $8 an hour, with an increase to $9 scheduled for this coming July and a bump to $10 in January of 2016. Now the LA City Council will decide whether to study the impact if hotels near LAX with more than 100 rooms had to pay workers $15.37 an hour.
Will LA Increase the Minimum Wage to a Record Level?
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Credits
Guests:
Curren Price, Jr. - Los Angeles City Council -
@CurrenPriceJr,
Stuart Waldman - Valley Industry and Commerce Association -
@VICASFValley,
Ron Unz - Silicon Valley entrepreneur -
@RonUnz1
Host:
Warren Olney
Producers:
Jenny Hamel,
Kareem Maddox,
Andrea Brody