President Obama’s call for increasing the minimum wage in his State of the Union address this month could face a tough road in Congress. But a proposal in the California legislature could stand a better chance. Ben Adler has more from Sacramento.
California’s current minimum wage is eight dollars an hour. A bill at the State Capitol would bump it up gradually over the next several years to $9.25 an hour … then require annual increases for inflation. UC Berkeley labor economist Sylvia Allegretto says too many Californians are underpaid:
