New Survey of Seattle Businesses: $15 Wage Hike Will Raise Prices, Reduce Job Opportunities, and Shut Doors

Washington, D.C. — Today the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new survey of Seattle businesses gauging how they plan to adapt to the city’s minimum wage increase to $15.00 – the highest in the country. Of those surveyed, nearly 70 percent said that the higher minimum wage would cause a “big increase” in their … Continue reading New Survey of Seattle Businesses: $15 Wage Hike Will Raise Prices, Reduce Job Opportunities, and Shut Doors