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Workers and advocates urge city to approve $17.50 minimum wage; oppose additional carve-outs
Summary
Multiple speakers urged the Santa Fe governing body to adopt the proposed living-wage increase from $15 to $17.50 per hour and to preserve the proposed formula for future increases. Supporters said the measure is especially popular in lower-income ZIP codes and urged the council not to create new exemptions for small businesses.
Several residents, nonprofit leaders and union-affiliated speakers addressed the governing body in support of a proposed increase in the City of Santa Fe's minimum (living) wage from $15 to $17.50 per hour and recommended against additional carve-outs.
David Thompson, a District 2 resident and longtime living-wage advocate, told the council…
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