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California may get $15 minimum wage under new deal

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
March 27, 2016

California eventually may have the highest minimum wage in the nation.

According to The Associated Press, lawmakers and labor unions have tentatively agreed on a deal that would raise California's minimum wage to $15 an hour.

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The Los Angeles Times reports that, if approved, the minimum wage would gradually increase from $10 now to $10.50 in 2017 and $11 in 2018. After that, the wage would be hiked a dollar per year until 2022.

Under the deal, the proposal would become part of a minimum-wage bill that state legislators would vote on. If approved, it would not need to go to ballot.

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