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whatthehey

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6. Yah. Not too surprised

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 03:44 PM

Apr 2016

Sure if you go from $7.25 to $15 in a labor-intensive industry overnight where min was the prevailing wage beforehand there might be some cost-plus inflation, but not the case here, or very many other places either. Even in my decidedly sub-Seattle COL area, entry level retail usually starts at $9.

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Study: Retail prices stable a year after Seattle minimum wage hike [View all] KamaAina Apr 2016 OP

Thanks for posting the facts about this suffragette Apr 2016 #1

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