Massachusetts home care workers win $15/hr starting wage

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Massachusetts home care workers have won the nation's first state-level $15-an-hour starting salary, after months of negotiations with state officials in an ongoing national campaign.

The pay hike will take effect in July 2018, bringing the starting hourly pay up from $13.38, the Service Employees International Union Local 1199, which represents about 35,000 home care workers in the state, said on Friday.

The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 since 2009.

The union said the deal, inked late Thursday, had led it to cancel a planned protest in front of the state house.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/26/us-massachusetts-wages-idUSKBN0P62FU20150626

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US | Fri Jun 26, 2015 2:52pm EDT
BOSTON

[iandhr]

1. Great news

[cstanleytech]

4. Good, not great.

Great would have been if there had been a permanent automatic increase to the amount every year as adjusted for inflation.

[Recursion]

2. This week just keeps getting better (nt)

[Omaha Steve]

3. Thanks for posting

K&R!