Marsha Basloe, President, Child Care Services Association and
Kimberlee Belcher, PhD, Executive Director, The National Workforce Registry Alliance
In September 2014, Seattle made history by passing a minimum wage increase that would require all employers to pay their workers $15.00 per hour or greater by 2021. Because Seattle was the first city in the country to pass such a large increase, extensive research has looked into its implementation and its impacts on the local economy.
Read the jointly released blog here.