Millions of working class Americans to get more money as 50 states and cities raise minimum wage – By Andrew Buncombe (The Independent) / Jan 1 2020
By end of 2020 72 states, cities and counties will have implemented a rise
Millions of working class Americans are to receive more money after a record number of states and cities increased their minimum wages.
Rises to the minimum wage went into effect on January 1 in 20 states and 26 cities and counties, most of them in California.
By the end of 2020, a total of 72 jurisdictions will have overseen an increase, with the measure taking affect in New York on the last day of last year – December 31 2019.
“The the minimum wage will increase in 21 states and 26 cities and counties. In 17 of those jurisdictions, the minimum wage will reach or surpass $15 per hour,” wrote Yannet Lathrop, a researcher with the National Employment Law Project, a Washington DC-based group that promotes better conditions for workers.
“Later in 2020, four more states and 23 additional localities will also raise their minimum wages—15 of them to $15 or more. This is the greatest number of states and localities ever to raise their wage floors.”
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