Raising the Minimum Wage

AlJazeera

Seattle restaurant workers report 'serious problems' despite $15 wage law

PJ Media

Seattle $15 an Hour Phased-In Minimum Wage Law Has Cost 700 jobs

Western Journalism

Seattle Raised Minimum Wage To $15- What Immediately Happened Will Have Them Regretting It

Independent Journal

Seattle’s Minimum Wage Hike Is Underway. A Damning Chart Shows How That’s Working Out…

Economic Policy Instutite

Employment and the Minimum Wage—Evidence from Recent State Labor Market Trends AND What Families Need to Get By

Civic Skunk Works

YOU SHOULD READ THIS STORY ABOUT SEATTLE’S “MINIMUM WAGE MELTDOWN THAT NEVER HAPPENED”

The Stranger

How a $15 Minimum Wage Would Make Everyone Richer

One Seattle Coalition

OneSeattle Coalition is a growing and diverse coalition of local businesses, non-profits, manufacturers and restaurants.

I recently started a poll at Google+ asking "what if every minimum wage worker had an extra $7 per hour to spend?" It sparked a discussion about costs of doing business, inflation and potential reduction in employment.

I decided to collect some articles about it and I was not really surprised where the line was drawn on opinions and research "findings."

If you ever wanted to know which media source was liberal or conservative, looking up their opinions about raising the minimum wage is a glaring test.

You're not going to hear from anyone.

Nope. Nobody's hiring. They say they are. Nobody's giving me an opportunity for an interview. I'm sure it's because of my age. Employers these days are looking for fresh impressionable kids.

Once you get laid off in middle age, your done. You're trash. It doesn't matter if you go to college and get a degree in anything. You're finished.

After putting in the time and effort to prepare the proper paperwork, how does one go about thanking all those potential employers who didn't respond at all?

I have to think of something creative.

Update 2018: Still thinking.

New unemployment numbers

Original Story:
http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x826024400/State-reports-jobless-rate-nears-8-percent

Chart designed by Fred Slocombe using Microsoft Excel and Adobe Illustrator.