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The Minimum Wage Just Rose - Did You Feel It?
Today, Californians who work minimum wage jobs earned a dollar more. That’s because a law passed last year in Sacramento just took effect. The amount goes up another dollar by 2016.
By Barbara Bogaev • • 1 min readToday, Californians who work minimum wage jobs earned a dollar more. That’s because a law passed last year in Sacramento just took effect. The amount goes up another dollar by 2016. The result is a slightly higher base pay all across the state, but it’s also reminder that fast food workers in Bakersfield make the same starting pay as those in Beverly Hills. Meanwhile, cities like San Francisco and Seattle have gone further than state or federal minimum wage levels and passed their own policies. Can you live off $9/hour in LA? We'll take a look at the issue of minimum wage at the city and state level.
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The full episode
2 of 3California Increases Its Minimum Wage; What About LA?- 0:00Six Members of the Sheriff's Department Convicted
- 6:11The Minimum Wage Just Rose - Did You Feel It?You’re reading this
- 22:44California Maps the Brain to Unlock Its Secrets