Minimum wage to rise in eight states

[OhioChick]

Source: CNN Money

October 3, 2011: 3:36 PM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Minimum-wage workers in eight states could see their paychecks grow by hundreds of dollars next year, thanks to automatic annual increases in the rates.

Colorado, Montana, Ohio, Washington and Oregon recently announced their 2012 minimum wages, which contain bumps ranging from 28 cents to 37 cents per hour. This translates into annual raises of between $582 and $770 for full-time workers at that end of the pay scale depending on where they live.

Washington workers enjoy the highest minimum wage, which will rise to $9.04, a boost of 37 cents per hour and $770 per year.

Arizona, Florida and Vermont are expected to announce the increases in their rates in coming weeks.

Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/03/news/economy/minimum_wage/

[AllyCat]

1. $100s? Gosh, how many houses will they buy with all that money?

Glad it's more because it seems to be stagnant or less everywhere else. Minimum wage is still not even subsistence living.

[glowing]

2. Getting there. Min wage should be a living wage. But at least some states are

taking the bull by the horn and moving the pay scale up to help the worker bees of their state's out.

[murphyj87]

3. Minimum wage went up to ...

• Minimum wage went up to $10.00 an hour in Manitoba and Nova Scotia on October 1, 2011.
  
• Minimum wage in Prince Edward Island went up to $9.60 October 1, 2011, and will go to $10.00 an hour on April 1, 2012.
  
• Minimum wage in Nunavut went up to $11.00 an hour January 1, 2011.
  
• Minimum wage in Newfoundland and Labrador went up to $10.00 an hour on July 1,2010.
  
• Minimum wage in BC will increase to $9.50 an hour on November 1, 2011 and to $10.25 an hour on May 1, 2012.
  
• Minimum wage in New Brunswick increased to $9.50 an hour on April 1, 2011 and will increase to $10.00 an hour on April 1, 2012.
  

[izquierdista]

5. But that's in those Canadian dollars....

not good old American Dollars!

What's that? :blush: Never mind....

[valerief]

6. You Canucks are just too cool anyway!!!

:applause:

[valerief]

4. ONE southern state. ONE. nt

[JoeyT]

8. And that's a maybe.

In Alabama we're wringing our hands that we have to pay it at all and we're unable to hire workers we can mistreat at will.

[bobburgster]

7. Wow, I guess we should be pleased....

seems that's all big business wants to pay anyone any way.

[ellisonz]

9. Should be 50 states.