Not really sure why this hasn't been featured more on Liberal blogs today, but the Seattle City Council unanimously passed an ordinance today that will raise the city's minimum wage over the next few years to $15 an hour.
A similar proposal has been put forward in Chicago, and is also being considered in San Francisco.
It's hard to overstate the significance of Seattle's ordinance--it can literally raise thousands of Americans out of poverty and begin to lessen the disparity between rich and poor that has widened so much since the Reagan Devolution. And millions will be lifted if it goes national.
Here's hoping that eventually out of one, we get many.
Peace,
emaycee
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment