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What Next - 22 States Hiked the Minimum Wage. Now What?

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News Commentary, Politics, News

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The federally mandated minimum wage hasn’t gone up since 2009, but across the country states, counties, and cities are raising their minimum wage. Is this long overdue help for America’s poor, or merely a low-risk political win? 


Guest: David Neumark, labor economist and professor at University of California-Irvine


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Pricing Coverage Match, limited by state law. Can we talk about how much you're getting paid? This year in 22 states workers are getting a raise. Some workers,

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that's because the minimum wage is going up. In California, it's 16 bucks an hour.

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Make that 20 if you work in the fast food industry. Even more if you're in health care.

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Illinois workers are now taking home $14 an hour.

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In Montana, it's a charmingly specific $10.30.

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