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New York mayor raises minimum wage for city employees to $15 an hour
Source: The Guardian
New York mayor raises minimum wage for city employees to $15 an hour
Joanna Walters in New York
Wednesday 6 January 2016 22.49 GMT
New York mayor Bill de Blasio announced an executive order on Wednesday to raise the minimum wage for city employees to $15 an hour in a move he labeled “a milestone towards a fairer city”.
His plan, which will involve a pay increase for 50,000 workers, will phase in the new pay level for the city’s public employees and workers at contracted agencies by the end of 2018 and is a step towards the mayor’s stated goal of a $15 minimum hourly wage for the whole city.
The city is following in the footsteps of other major metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles, Seattle and San Francisco, although those cities are set to phase in a $15 minimum hourly wage for all workers, not just public employees.
But a buoyant de Blasio, in his progressive element surrounded by low-wage workers and union leaders on Wednesday afternoon, credited New York City with inspiring a movement for $15, starting with strikes by fast-food workers three years ago, that has spread nationwide.
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Joanna Walters in New York
Wednesday 6 January 2016 22.49 GMT
New York mayor Bill de Blasio announced an executive order on Wednesday to raise the minimum wage for city employees to $15 an hour in a move he labeled “a milestone towards a fairer city”.
His plan, which will involve a pay increase for 50,000 workers, will phase in the new pay level for the city’s public employees and workers at contracted agencies by the end of 2018 and is a step towards the mayor’s stated goal of a $15 minimum hourly wage for the whole city.
The city is following in the footsteps of other major metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles, Seattle and San Francisco, although those cities are set to phase in a $15 minimum hourly wage for all workers, not just public employees.
But a buoyant de Blasio, in his progressive element surrounded by low-wage workers and union leaders on Wednesday afternoon, credited New York City with inspiring a movement for $15, starting with strikes by fast-food workers three years ago, that has spread nationwide.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/06/new-york-raises-minimum-wage-city-employees