Will deBlasio’s big raise for low-wage workers encourage other cities to follow suit?

Washington Post: Is the unlikely movement to improve the plight of low-wage workers reaching a point where it can’t be stopped?

On Tuesday, New York Mayor Bill deBlasio signed an executive order expanding the city’s living wage law. The change means businesses housed in buildings that benefit from hefty city subsidies will have to pay employees who don’t receive benefits the so-called living wage, now $13.13, up from the current $11.90. The mayor and his supporters hope to pressure the state legislature to give the city authority to raise its minimum wage across the board.

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