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Connecticut

ellenfl

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3. that's nice but the cost of living increases necesitate that $10.10 now.

Reply to NutmegYankee (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 28, 2014, 08:48 AM

Mar 2014

by the time we get done with the recently announced increase in food prices, that $10.10 will be inadequate . . . again. good for them for the initiative but i thinks it's too little too late. i guess it's better than a sharp stick in the eye . . . and more than the southern states are doing.

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CT lawmakers pass $10.10 state minimum wage [View all] NutmegYankee Mar 2014 OP

which doesn't take effect until 2017. good for them but 2017? eom ellenfl Mar 2014 #1

Wage increases typically have phased in. NutmegYankee Mar 2014 #2

that's nice but the cost of living increases necesitate that $10.10 now. ellenfl Mar 2014 #3

You have an excellent point. NutmegYankee Mar 2014 #4

yes, it is. hopefully the feds will up it earlier. eom ellenfl Mar 2014 #5