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Monday, June 15, 2015
First & Spring: Labor leaders' credibility slips in minimum-wage debate
First & Spring: Labor leaders' credibility slips in minimum-wage debate
LA.'s decision to boost the minimum wage should have been the sweetest of victories for organized labor. Mayor Eric Garcetti helped union leaders and their allies achieve a long-sought goal Saturday, signing an ordinance that moves the city's hourly minimum to $15 by 2020. But for some partisans on each side of the debate, that historic moment has been tainted by labor leaders' last-minute push for an exemption for unionized workplaces.
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