What Happens When a Poor City Raises Its Minimum Wage to $15? [CityLab.com]

Samantha Sangenito 3/23/174:00 AM

Following in the footsteps of Seattle, San Francisco, and D.C., last night Baltimore, Maryland, passed legislation to increase its minimum wage to $15. But there’s one big difference between Charm City and those other three: It’s far less economically healthy. Baltimore would be the poorest city to join the “Fight for $15,” the national movement to mandate a $15 minimum wage. And that fact has been used as ammunition in arguments by both opponents and supporters of the legislation.

[For more of this story, written by Tanvi Misra, go to https://www.citylab.com/cityfi...lp-baltimore/520119/]

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