[Smlr_net] EPI: Nearly 7 million workers will start the new year with higher wages

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Nearly 7 million workers will start the new year with higher wages Author: David Cooper Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI)

*Date: *Dec 18, 2019

*Summary: *At the start of the new year, minimum wages will have gone up in 22 states, lifting pay for 6.8 million workers across the country.

*Link:* http://bit.ly/390890c

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