The Minimum Wage Increase Passed For Chicago today

[mucifer]

It's a slow increase that in 2019 will be $13 per hour. In June it will be $10 per hour then go up 50cents in 2016 and 2017 then it will go up $1 in 2018 and 2019.

Rahm did something right!

Still no way I'm gonna vote for him.

[yeoman6987]

1. 13 dollars in 2019? That should equate to

About $7.50 in today's money. I am not impressed a bit. It they were serious, they would say January 2015. This is just feel good nonsense.


Yes I know they are throwing a 50 cent piece here and there the next FIVE years.

[NYC_SKP]

4. It should be $22/hour in 2014 were it to keep up with inflation, economic growth.

Were we to start at 1960 and increase minimum wage to keep up with productivity, we'd be at $22/hour.

[yeoman6987]

6. I always thought minimum wage should be tied

Into the Social Security raise. That way minimum wage workers get a raise every year. It might help get Social Security to have larger raises to so it would be double good.

[olddots]

2. this great news

I'm sure that sleazeball had little to do with it because he is less than a repukian .

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. His opponent wanted $15/hr

This is Rahm's compromise.

[mucifer]

5. No he was pushing heavily for it. He is doing lots of other awful things. But, this was good.

Their were many lobbyist pressuring him and the city council not to do it.