Fox News Latino, Sept 26, 2013
Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation Wednesday that will gradually raise California's current minimum wage from $8 an hour to $10 an hour within three years, affecting nearly a million full-time Latino workers, who compose the majority of the state's workforce. The legislation signed in a ceremony in downtown Los Angeles would raise the current minimum of $8 an hour to $9 on July 1, 2014, then to $10 on Jan. 1, 2016. … The increase is the first to the state's minimum wage in six years and comes amid a national debate over whether it's fair to pay fast-food workers, retail clerks and others wages so low that they often have to work second or third jobs. ...
The governor was joined by state legislators and business owners who supported the measure, saying increased wages would boost the state's economy. ...
"A higher minimum wage will mean much-needed money in the pockets of millions of workers in the state, and that's good news for businesses throughout California that will benefit from increased consumer spending," Gary Gerber, founder and CEO of Sun Light & Power in Berkeley, said in a statement. ...
Based on reporting by the Associated Press.
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