Minimum Wage: Emeryville Is No Longer Part Of The Problem

Emeryville Gets It

Now that Emeryville is going to have the highest minimum wage in the nation on July 1st ($14.42 for big businesses and $12.25 for small businesses, all raising to $15.00 per hour in 2018), Emeryville is no longer part of the problem....we're now part of the solution.

From Robert Reich at University of California Berkeley and Fight For $15:

The Nation Moves Toward $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage: Emeryville Leads the Way

Emeryville Leads the Nation Toward 

$15 Per Hour Minimum Wage

The Emeryville City Council, by lifting the minimum wage to $14.42 per hour for big business employees on July 1st and $12.25 for small business with yearly wage increases for both meeting at $15 per hour in 2019 as they directed City Hall to do on Tuesday, is leading the way for the nation as a whole.  Emeryville will be seen as the example for other cities in the Bay Area and beyond.

Cal Berkeley professor Robert Reich tells us why this is important: