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Center for American Progress on the City of Seattle’s Decision to Raise the Minimum Wage to $15 per Hour

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014.  Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden released the following statement regarding the City of Seattle’s Income Inequality Advisory Committee’s announcement of a deal to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour:

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This is a historic day for Seattle and for American workers. Seattle business, community, and labor leaders understand that sustainable prosperity comes from the middle out, not from the top down. When workers make fair wages, they reinvest…

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