[WA not DC] House Democrats propose $12 minimum wage

[alp227]

Source: Seattle Times

House Democrats introduced a bill Thursday that would boost the state’s minimum wage nearly 30 percent, to $12 an hour, by 2017.

Under the proposal, the state’s current $9.32 cent-an-hour minimum wage would increase to $10 an hour starting Jan. 1, 2015, and would get another $1 an hour bump at the beginning of 2016 and again in 2017, according to Democratic sources.

After that, wage increases would revert back to the current method, which ties bumps in pay to inflation. House Democrats have a news conference scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Thursday.

The GOP-led caucus controlling the Senate has indicated it’s opposed to increasing the minimum wage, arguing it would put Washington state businesses at a competitive disadvantage.

Read more: http://blogs.seattletimes.com/politicsnorthwest/2014/01/23/house-democrats-propose-12-minimum-wage/

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AP: Lawmaker seeks to raise Washington minimum wage

Now how about paying the DC "lawmakers" minimum wage until they get something done about those damn jobs!

[yeoman6987]

1. Nice but not enough

Good God 2017 they will make 12 dollars an hour. I would imagine that every possible item that we buy daily will be up as well. These folks never will get out of the hole. Why not have 2017 be the year they make 25.00 an hour as minimum wage. Then MAYBE we can finally see some progress on workers. Oh for those crying that they don't even make 25.00 an hour...they will make more too because that is how it works.

[Dawgs]

2. ^This^ = Moronic

[yeoman6987]

3. Are you saying my post is moranic?