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The wage floor is meeting or surpassing $15 per hour in more and more places.
When it takes effect on April 1, fast food workers in California will have among the highest minimum wages in the country.
The Oscar winner and activist called for New York to increase the minimum wage for all.
The proposal sets a new goalpost for the labor movement, which previously rallied around a $15 minimum wage that Sanders now says is insufficient.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Six states California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon and Washington will be at or above $15 per hour.
The ballot measure would have given the town one of the highest minimum wages in the country and eliminated the lower wage floor for servers.
The Republican-led state joins a list of mostly Democratic states on a path to $15 per hour.
The sub-minimum wage for servers would be gone by 2027, unless the D.C. Council decides to intervene.
Sen. Lindsay Graham clashed with the CEO of Costco over a $15 minimum wage increase.
E-bikes, and the large population of delivery cyclists who ride them, are the key to New York Citys booming takeout industry. So why does the city confiscate and ticket them at an alarming rate? Cycling advocates say its part of an outdated law that affects populations of immigrants working long hours, often serving as contractors who lack health insurance and the ability to sue their employers or push back on tech industry behemoths. Mayor Bill de Blasio says the crackdown is a response to safety concerns and community complaints, and regulation is aimed at businesses that break the law. HuffPost took to the streets on two wheels to examine how the system is failing immigrants and what can be done to fix it.
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