
The ordinance would raise wages for an estimated 56,000 people – nearly a third of the city’s workforce.
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The ordinance would raise wages for an estimated 56,000 people – nearly a third of the city’s workforce.
Poverty wages are a big problem in St. Paul, but interest groups are already trying to poke holes in a potential minimum wage ordinance.
Unions and worker advocacy groups oppose a two-tier wage system, arguing it leaves behind the very workers a minimum wage is supposed to benefit.