Some States Raise Minimum Wage
By marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
United States
January 3, 2016 11:15am CST
14 States raised the minimum wage on Jan. 1, 2016
The largest of the raises will take place in Alaska, California, Massachusetts and Nebraska by $1 an hour. New York's will go from $8.75 to $9.00 but fast food workers will receive $10.50 in New York City and $9.75 in other parts of the state.
Washington D.C., Maryland, Minnesota and Nevada will raise the minimum wage later this year
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour at this time.
Will this affect you?
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10 responses
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
3 Jan 16
I think this is great Marcy it is about time. People need a living wage, rents are atrocious along with everything else.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
3 Jan 16
Not only rent but everything is expensive and people on Social Security get no raise this year, go figure.@TiarasOceanView
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
3 Jan 16
@TiarasOceanView
I am sure they will vote a raise for themselves so what does that tell you.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
3 Jan 16
@Marcyaz I know..government need to cut some of their wages see how they like it.
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@garymarsh6 (24004)
• United Kingdom
3 Jan 16
That is a terrible rate and yet in fast food restaurants they earn more? Here in the UK the minimum wage is now set at $9.90 (£6.70) but this rate is paid by many companies such as McDonalds and Starbucks. The government make up the low wages through benefits which is disgraceful whilst these companies find ways of avoiding paying tax in our country. They should be forced to pay a proper wage.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
3 Jan 16
what type of benefits, they don't get benefits here that I know of. @garymarsh6
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
4 Jan 16
many companies in the UK ignore our NMW laws sadly
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
4 Jan 16
@arthurchappel Does no one complain about this or if they do is nothing done about it.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
5 Jan 16
@Marcyaz It is often supported by government welfare projects obliging long term unemployed people to work for nothing but benefits - it is virtually slavery
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
5 Jan 16
@arthurchappell
I don't see it that way as a lot of jobs now days don't offer many benefits.
@TypicalRussian (747)
• Budennovsk, Russian Federation
4 Jan 16
federal minimum wage is supposed to be set $ 1.6 per hour in 2015 here
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@TypicalRussian (747)
• Budennovsk, Russian Federation
5 Jan 16
@Marcyaz not that good, but it is not yet very bad
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
5 Jan 16
Minimum wage went up here in CA from $9 to $10.. then you notice increases for DMV fees, increases for everything now a days!
@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
3 Jan 16
I haven't heard anything about ours going up. It would be nice.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
3 Jan 16
Your State may be one that is not considering raising the minimum wage, I have no idea. @Tampa_girl7
@softbabe44 (5815)
• Vancouver, Washington
4 Jan 16
It doesn't affect washington.
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
3 Jan 16
@Marcyaz I will not be affected by the raise of the minimum wage. But I am happy for the people will be. I do have a concern though, I noticed that businesses have been cutting down on the number of employees. I wonder if they will be cutting down even more.
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