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→ San Francisco to be first city in U.S. to set minimum wage over $10

Thanks to a 60% voter approval rate, SF passed  Proposition L in 2003. This provision requires that the city enforce an increase in the minimum wage every year that correlates with inflation.  That means, if you want to get down to dollars and cents, that this New Year’s Day,  SF’s hourly minimum wage will rise from $9.92 to $10.24

  1. jamapelle reblogged this from asianfrecklez and added:
    Thanks to a 60% voter approval rate, SF passed Proposition L in 2003. This provision requires
  2. theywontstfu reblogged this from petitsirena and added:
    :D
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  11. gameboygirl reblogged this from loveyourchaos and added:
    Wow, their minimum wage is now 10 cents higher than my current wage. I would hope more places raise their minimum wages.
  12. antithestasia reblogged this from stfuconservatives and added:
    Most excellent! I read somewhere that Living Wage in California is $10.00, which means that most minimum wage workers...
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  17. ramblingheart reblogged this from aliceandapril and added:
    i still don’t know how it’s more than NY..
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  19. stoneinmyhand reblogged this from loveyourchaos and added:
    Yeah you guys, I’m strongly thinking about that (inevitable) move to the Bay Area.
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  21. ideaswithoutcauses reblogged this from ecowalnut and added:
    if NC minimum wage could be over $10, i’d offer to wash dishes at a gas station for work. come on, carolina, keep up :P
  22. xdesdemona reblogged this from theradioschizo and added:
    hnnnnnngh, he’s so attractive when he’s being brilliant.
  23. ecowalnut reblogged this from caffeinatedfeminist and added:
    $7. 25 here, too, which is what I’m making. I would love if the minimum wage could be raised here. I can’t live off this...