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Raising the Minimum Wage for Working Men and Women in California and the Rest of America

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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.

Michigan Becomes Seventh State This Year to Raise Minimum Wage

Move Is the First in 2014 by Republican Leadership

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

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

Santorum talks 2016, minimum wage increase

Split appears in GOP as more call for raising federal minimum wage

Romney urges GOP to back minimum wage hike

Minimum wage: Congress stalls, states act

What stumps Warren Buffett? Minimum wage

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

As Wage Debate Rages, Some Have Made the Shift

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

Germany's Cabinet Adopts Minimum Wage Bill

Bill to Introduce Statutory Pay Floor of $11.72 an Hour

Democrats Consider Smaller Minimum-Wage Increase

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

World's Highest Minimum Wage on Ballot in Switzerland

German Minimum Wage Plan Gains Backing From Businesses

Leno Bill Raising Minimum Wage Clears Labor Committee

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

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.

Entrepreneur's push for $12 minimum wage stalls

Ron Unz: Minimum-Wage Measure Unlikely to Make Ballot

Chance of Wage Rise So Remote Lobbyists Pay Little Heed

Thumbs-up for $15-an-hour minimum wage in new S.F. poll