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Donkees

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Thu Dec 26, 2019, 05:49 PM Dec 2019

On January 1, 21 states and 26 localities will raise the minimum wage.




On January 1, 2020 (December 31, 2019 in New York), 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. 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, both in January and for the year as a whole. More and more jurisdictions have been raising their minimum wages since the Fight for $15 movement began in November 2012.

In total, 24 states and 48 cities and counties will raise their minimum wages sometime in 2020. (Illinois and Saint Paul, MN will increase their minimum wages twice in 2020 but are counted only once in the year’s grand total.)

These increases will put much-needed money into the hands of the lowest-paid workers, many of whom struggle with high and ever-increasing costs of living. Below is a summary of what to expect in 2020: ...

https://www.nelp.org/publication/raises-coast-coast-2020/

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On January 1, 21 states and 26 localities will raise the minimum wage. (Original Post) Donkees Dec 2019 OP
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