Seattle mayor proposes phased-in $15 minimum wage

By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP

Published May 2, 2014 12:57am ET

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Seattle mayor proposes phased-in $15 minimum wage — SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Ed Murray on Thursday proposed a phased-in increase of the minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next seven years — a compromise endorsed by both business and labor that would make the city’s pay baseline the highest in the nation. A group called 15 Now, led by socialist […]

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Ed Murray on Thursday proposed a phased-in increase of the minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next seven years — a compromise endorsed by both business and labor that would make the city’s pay baseline the highest in the nation.

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