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General Category => Economy/Business => Topic started by: EdinVA on July 22, 2015, 11:24:27 pm

Title: Seattle sees fallout from $15 minimum wage, as other cities follow suit
Post by: EdinVA on July 22, 2015, 11:24:27 pm

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Seattle’s $15 minimum wage law is supposed to lift workers out of poverty and move them off public assistance. But there may be a hitch in the plan.

Evidence is surfacing that some workers are asking their bosses for fewer hours as their wages rise – in a bid to keep overall income down so they don’t lose public subsidies for things like food, child care and rent.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/07/22/seattle-sees-fallout-from-15-minimum-wage-as-other-cities-follow-suit/