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Seattle Raises Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour, Highest in U.S.

By Maria La Ganga • The Los Angeles Times • June 3, 2014 • 900 Words

Seattle Approves $15 Minimum Wage, Setting a New Standard for Big Cities

By Kirk Johnson • The New York Times • June 3, 2014 • 1,000 Words

Why $15? Wage Plan Based on Politics More Than Precise Math

The Seattle City Council is poised to vote Monday to require a $15-an-hour minimum wage from all employers by 2021. But why $15 and not some other number? The answer is more gut instinct than precise math.

By Amy Martinez • The Seattle Times • May 31, 2014 • 1,600 Words

Michigan Becomes Seventh State This Year to Raise Minimum Wage

Move Is the First in 2014 by Republican Leadership

By Eric Morath • The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2014 • 700 Words

Wal-Mart Says It Won't Oppose Increase in Minimum Wage

Nation's Largest Retailer Says It Isn't a Minimum Wage Payer

By Shelly Banjo • The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2014 • 400 Words

Santorum Talks 2016, Minimum Wage Increase

By Dana Davidsen • CNN • May 11, 2014 • 400 Words

Split Appears in GOP as More Call for Raising Federal Minimum Wage

By Robert Costa and Karen Tumulty • The Washington Post • May 9, 2014 • 1,100 Words

Romney Urges GOP to Back Minimum Wage Hike

By Matt Viser • The Boston Globe • May 9, 2014 • 1,200 Words

Minimum Wage: Congress Stalls, States Act

By Jeanne Sahadi • CNN/Money • April 28, 2014 • 400 Words

What Stumps Warren Buffett? Minimum Wage

By Katie Lobosco • CNN/Money • April 24, 2014 • 400 Words

Missing Ingredient on Minimum Wage: A Motivated G.O.P.

By John Harwood • The New York Times • April 10, 2014 • 1,000 Words

As Wage Debate Rages, Some Have Made the Shift

Restaurants in Cities With Wage Mandates Adjust Hours Work, Prices and Supplies to Cope

By Julie Jargon and Eric Morath • The Wall Street Journal • April 8, 2014 • 1,700 Words

Germany's Cabinet Adopts Minimum Wage Bill

Bill to Introduce Statutory Pay Floor of $11.72 an Hour

By Andrea Thomas • The Wall Street Journal • April 2, 2014 • 400 Words

Democrats Consider Smaller Minimum-Wage Increase

Leaders Say They Will Negotiate With Republicans if Higher Rate is Defeated

By Kristina Peterson and Michael R. Crittenden • The Wall Street Journal • April 2, 2014 • 700 Words

World's Highest Minimum Wage on Ballot in Switzerland

By Catherine Bosley • Bloomberg Financial News • April 1, 2014 • 1,300 Words

German Minimum Wage Plan Gains Backing from Businesses

By Andrea Thomas and Ulrike Dauer • The Wall Street Journal • March 28, 2014 • 800 Words

Leno Bill Raising Minimum Wage Clears Labor Committee

SB 935 Increases Floor Wage in Three Steps, Creates Automatic Adjustments Starting in 2018

By Ali Bay • BeyondChron • March 27, 2014 • 600 Words

Ron Unz: Why I Dropped My Ballot Initiative to Raise California’s Minimum Wage

The conservative businessman and activist talks to The Nation about his unlikely support for raising the minimum wage, his views on immigration and more.

By Sasha Abramsky • The Nation • March 18, 2014 • 1,600 Words