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Seattle Approves $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage

Posted by Unknown on from the only-sort-of-starving-now dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Seattle City Council announced on Monday that it has unanimously approved a $15 per hour minimum wage mandate. The new rate will go into effect starting April 1, 2015 in a tiered, gradual manner that depends on employer size. In the first year of implementation, hourly minimum wage will be raised to either $10 or $11 according to the employer size category. By 2021, hourly minimum wage across the board should be at or above $15. Seattle is the first city to implement a living wage for its lowest earners."

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  1. Re:Behind the curve by Charcharodon · · Score: 1, Troll
    "$15 per hour is barely a livable wage currently

    Maybe you should look up the definition of the word minimum.

    "minimum: 1: the least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible

  2. Even higher! by diamondmagic · · Score: 0, Troll

    If it works at $15 why wouldn't it work at $100?

    Of course, it doesn't work at $15, or any other price. Sure, it helps those who manage to keep their jobs, but everyone else... well... http://reason.com/blog/2014/05...

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    Wonder what the public key field is for?
    1. Re:Even higher! by LordLimecat · · Score: -1, Troll

      You can't reductio ad absurdum a minimum wage like that.

      $15 is well into the realm of the absurd.

  3. Re:Behind the curve by Your.Master · · Score: 0, Troll

    So...way to skip the second half of the *only sentence in that post*?

    I mean, I critiqued his point too, but come on.

  4. Re:Hello automation! by CRCulver · · Score: -1, Troll

    You might think you are saving money, but it's actually a net loss for everyone if one of the ways that kid is undercutting lawn services is by not paying taxes on that income. You are only doing society a disservice by paying someone under the table instead of hiring a legally registered firm that withholds taxes for its employees.